For information on Vocations in the Armagh Archdiocese,
contact any priest of the Parish.
It was not you who chose me but I who chose you"
Has God chosen you for priesthood?
Have a look at the following website:
The website is a fantastic resource not only for those interested in a vocation to the Priesthood, but also for those interested in fostering vocations to the Priesthood.
The Vocations Director is:
Fr Barry Matthews,
Parochial House, 42 Abbey Street, Armagh BT61 7DZ
Tel: 028 - 3752 2802
Email: armaghpriest@gmail.com
VOCATION PRAYER
Lord, make me a better person, more considerate towards others, more honest with myself, more faithful to you. Make me generous enough to want to do your will, whatever it may be. Help me find my true vocation in life and grant that through it, I may find happiness myself and bring happiness to others. We pray through Christ our Lord, AMEN
Prayer for Vocations
O God, Father of all Mercies,
provider of a bountiful harvest,
send Your Graces upon those
You have called to gather the fruits of Your labour;
preserve and strengthen them in their lifelong service of You.
Open the hearts of Your children
that they may discern Your Holy Will;
inspire in them a love and desire to surrender themselves
to serving others in the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ.
Teach all Your faithful to follow their respeceive paths in life
guided by Your Divine Word and Truth.
Through the intercession of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary,
all the Angels and Saints, humbly hear our prayers
and grant Your Church's needs, through Christ, our Lord. AMEN.
AN IMAGE OF PRIESTHOOD
"Thou Art a Priest Forever"
To live in the midst of the world with no desire for its pleasures:
to be a member of every family, yet belonging to none;
to share all sufferings; to penetrate all secrets, to heal all wounds;
to daily go from men to God to offer Him their homage and petitions;
to return from God to men to bring them His pardon and hope;
to have a heart of fire for charity and a heart of bronze for chastity;
to bless and to be blest forever.
O God, what a life, and it is yours,
O Priest of Jesus Christ!
Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire O.P. (1802-1861)