November 30 - Monday, 1st Week of Advent

Care of our Common Home

“All powerful God, you are present in the whole universe and in the smallest of your creatures. You embrace with tenderness all that exists.” Fill us with the power of your love that we, too, may care for and protect your beautiful creation. Enlighten nations to care for whatever is the most vulnerable and most fragile in this, our common home.

Useful links: SDGs - Laudato Si’ - COP21 (Climate summit in Paris which begins today.)

29 November - First Sunday of Advent

In this Year for Consecrated Life:
All Consecrated People

We pray today for all men and women who have answered God’s call to live a consecrated life. May each of them remain faithful to their vocation and live their lives daily in joy, peace and love.

Introduction

For several years the Generalate Community has chosen the Advent practice of praying each day for a particular province, a group with whom we collaborate, or a global concern of special interest to the congregation. We are happy to continue this practice.

Each member of the Generalate Community selects an intention topic, composes the intention in the language of her choice and then prays the intention on the specified day during our Eucharistic celebration. A list of the intention topics with their specified days is here.

Included with the daily intention will be images of candles used during various SSND events.

As we pray with and for each other during this Advent season may the light of Christ continue to guide us into the ways of peace.

We wish you abundant blessings during this Advent season as we prepare for the Prince of Peace.