Thank you for choosing to "Be the Light".

Our Be the Light program is very simple. It is a simple "yes" to dedicate some of your time as a family in prayer. For one week, your family will gather together and pray for the intentions of vocations that more people may be able to say "yes" to religious life and for families that they may be able to love the way Jesus did and not be broken. Family is not necessarily your biological family but anyone you choose to share your faith together. The Lord always asks for something so that He can work that miracle. Respond to this call now and give the Lord some of your time and effort so that He can work that miracle in your families and make us one Holy Family that reigns in His graces in love for eachother. 

Fill out the following form if you are interested in taking the Vocation Cross and Holy Family statue home for a week:

Contents of the Box

• Vocation Cross
• Holy Family Statue
• Candle stand and tea light
• Box that contains - Holy Oil, Holy water, Holy soil and Incense
• Family Prayer Book
• Prayer Cloth (3)
• Prayer Cards
• Rosaries (You may take a rosary if you do not have one already)
• Pope Francis' Book - The Joy of Love (You may read, if interested)

Prayers to be Prayed

Be the Light Prayer to Pray as a Family:

Love one another as I have loved you - John 13:34

Good and gracious Lord, so great is your love for us that you called the church to be your bride. We ask you to bless all the religious who die to the flesh each day as a living sacrifice -- seeking your holiness; surrendering to your will. May they be filled with your presence as they come to you in faith standing on your promises -- may your miracles unfold. Shower them with your love so that every doubting heart may see and know that you are good and everyone who has chosen to be your instrument may taste and see of your glory.  May more people say 'yes' to your call -- "Come Follow Me."

We ask you to also bless our family with the grace to love until it hurts. That through it all hurt may be gone and only your love reign. Bless us with 

your grace to sacrifice our own desires for the sake of eachother,  your grace to forgive as you forgive and
your grace to be thankful knowing that your will for us is to not die; but have life eternal. 

Bless all covenant relationships that you have called through the sacraments. Fill them with your graces that they may be a sign of your light that shines in the darkness, as they go into the world seeking to do your will. 

We ask this through Christ our Lord - Amen. 

Read the Bible (Optional)

Bible Reading - Psalm 23 - The Lord is my Shepherd

Pray the Rosary

Click the image to launch the 54 Day Miraculous Rosary. 

Note: You will be praying this only for a week. However, your family may choose to continue even after you return the vocation cross and statue.

On Mondays (Petition) and Saturdays (Thanksgiving) please pray the Joyful Mysteries.

On Tuesdays (Petition) and Fridays (Thanksgiving) please pray the Sorrowful Mysteries.

On Wednesdays (Petition) and Sundays (Thanksgiving) please pray the Glorious Mysteries.

Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet (Optional)

Note: On Friday you can pray the Divine Mercy instead of the Rosary, if desired.

Optional Opening Prayers:

You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls,
and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world.
O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy,
envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.

(Repeat 3 times) O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You!

Our Father, Hail Mary and the Apostle's Creed

For each of the five decades (On each “Our Father” bead of the rosary, pray)

Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

(On each of the 10 “Hail Mary” beads, pray)
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Concluding prayer (Repeat 3 times)
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Optional Closing Prayer
Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself.

Pray the Serenity Prayer

For questions, contact Maria Chacko at maria.chacko@dsj.org