The Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE) has published the list of monthly prayer intentions that are proposed by the episcopal coordination body to be kept in mind each month throughout the year 2025.
In the month of January, the Catholic Church that is on pilgrimage in Spain proposes to pray first “for the fruits of the Jubilee of the Incarnation and for the faithful of Spain who will make the pilgrimage to Rome in 2025, so that, by the jubilee grace, they may live as pilgrims of hope and communicate to everyone the joy of the Gospel.”
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In February, the faithful are called to pray “for those who live the richness of the different charisms in consecrated life, so that they may be missionary witnesses of the values of the Kingdom in the world.”
The prayer proposed for the month of March focuses on those who respond to a vocation to the sacrament of Orders: “For the seminarians, so that, helped by their formators, they respond to their vocation and become joyful apostles who raise, in the midst of young people, God’s call to the priestly ministry.”
The CEE asks to pray in the month of April “for the young people and adults who will receive the Sacraments of Christian Initiation this Easter, so that they may participate more and more fully in the life and mission of the Church.”
Already in May, we will pray “for Christian families, so that they may be authentic domestic churches, schools of faith and true humanism.”
As we reach the sixth month of the year, June, the CEE asks to pray “for the Pope, bishop of Rome and successor of Peter, and for the pastors of the particular churches, so that they guide and confirm in the faith the People of God who are has entrusted them.”
The month of July has been reserved to keep especially in mind “migrants and all those who suffer from economic precariousness, so that they may find, with the help of God and the solidarity of all, a path of hope.”
The Spanish bishops encourage praying in August “for Christians, so that, with the testimony of their lives and their words, they become builders of a more human and fraternal world.”
In the month of September, it is asked to pray for the beginning of the pastoral course with the following formula: “For the priests, consecrated and lay, who resume pastoral tasks at the beginning of the new course, so that they do so with renewed dedication and apostolic spirit. ”.
October is the missionary month par excellence. Thus, the CEE calls to ask “for the Church in Spain, so that it continues to live missionary concern and encourage those who give their lives to the spread of the Gospel.”
The call of the bishops for the month of November to pray “for all believers, so that they discover and value the importance of belonging to the diocesan Church and feel co-responsible for its needs.”
The year 2025 will conclude with a petition during the month of December focused on the Christmas party: “For harmony among men of all nations, so that the celebration of the birth of the Son of God encourages the Christian faithful to work to establish in the world the peace that Christ brought with his coming.”
Nicholas de Cardenas
Born in 1980, I am a Spanish husband and father and journalist with more than 20 years of experience in print and digital media, specializing in sociopolitical and religious information. I have worked for more than 10 years in defense of human rights and have accreditations in Journalism and Comprehensive Communication. Since July 2022, I have been a correspondent for ACI Prensa and EWTN Noticias in Spain, covering international events of the Catholic Church.