God, Our Father, I offer you my day. I offer you my prayers, thoughts, words, deeds, joys and sufferings in union with your Son Jesus Christ, who continues to offer himself in the Eucharist for the salvation of the world. May the Holy Spirit, who guided Jesus be my guide and my strength today so that may witness to your love With Mary, the mother of Our Lord and of the Church, I pray especially for this month's intentions as proposed by the Holy Father.......(See details) |
APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER SPIRITUALITY The Apostleship of Prayer (AOP) proposes a way to sanctification through the daily offering. It is a CALL 1. to a life centered on the Holy Eucharist 2. to love the heart of Jesus 3. to follow the way of life of Blessed Virgin Mary 4. to be loyal to the Church and to pray for the intention of the Holy Father 5. to a life of PRAYER and SERVICE (MISSION), keeping in mind in a special way, the suffering people of God. |
The AOP way of life invites us to live the Eucharist intensely. The Eucharist is the center of Christian life and it is intimately related to the Heart of Jesus. The Heart represents God infinite love for humanity. The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is one of the ways a member of the Apostleship of Prayer lives his spirituality of self offering. Please find here some literature on the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
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 SPIRIT OF SERVICE, PRAYER AND SENSE OF THE CHURCH (sentire cum ecclesia) |
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 "Prayer is not something accessory, it is not 'optional,' but rather a question of life or death.Only one who prays, that is, who entrusts himself to God with filial love, can enter into eternal life, which is God himself," (Pope Benedict XVI) See details |
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ST. FRANCIS XAVIER The two saints, St. Francis Xavier and St. Theresa of Child Jesus are the Patrons Saints of the Apostleship of Prayer. Francis Xavier offered his whole life to bring the Good News of Jesus to Asia, a man of PRAYER and SERVICE.. |
St.Theresa of Lisieux remains an example of a Christian, though lived her whole life within the four walls of the monastery, yet was deeply involved in the mission, in a particular way by praying for the Intentions of the Holy Father. It was her desire to be a daughter of the Church that prompted her to pray for the intentions of the Holy Father See details |
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