アヴェ・マリア・インマクラータ！
愛する兄弟姉妹の皆様、
2018年から、ミサ聖祭の前のロザリオの時に「召命を求める」という特別の意向でもう一環ロザリオを付け加えてくださることをお願い致します。
イロイロの聖ベルナルド修練院でこの習慣を取り入れたところ多くの召命が天主の呼び出しに答えだしました。私たちもそれを真似たいと思います。
いつものように聖伝のミサの前にロザリオを唱えますが、さらにもう一環を「日本からの召命を求めるため」付け加えてお祈りください。
レネー神父様は、私たちがルー・モンフェラート村の母たちを真似るようにと強く勧めてくださいました。トリノから東に90キロメートルほど離れたところに、数千名の小さなルー（Lu）という寒村があります。1881年にこの村の母親たちは、その村の小教区の主任司祭であった福者カノラ神父様の指導の下に、毎週火曜日に集まって召命を求める祈りを捧げ始めました。召命を求めるという意向で月の最初の主日にご聖体拝領を受け、ミサの後にすべての母親は一緒に司祭召命を求める祈りを捧げました。
この天主はこの祈りを聞き入れてくださり、この小さな村から152名の司祭、171名の修道女が輩出しました。
10年毎にルー出身の司祭や修道者たちが故郷に帰省すると、天主への感謝の祝日となるそうです。
ルーの母親たちの祈りは短く単純で深いものです。「願わくは、天主よ、わが息子が司祭となる恵みを与え給え！願わくは、我をしてよきカトリック信者たらしめ、子供らをよく導くを得しめ給え。そは、我れが御身に我が子を聖なる司祭として与えることが許されんがためなり。アーメン」
“Signore, fa che uno dei miei figli diventi sacerdote! Io stessa voglio vivere da buona cristiana e voglio portare i miei figli al bene per ottenere la grazia di poterti offrire, Signore, un sacerdote santo. Amen”.
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From 1st to 4th September 1946, the majority of the 323 priests and religious met in their village of Lu for a reunion which attracted worldwide attention.
私たちも沢山のいのりを捧げましょう！
天主様の祝福が豊かにありますように！
トマス小野田圭志神父（聖ピオ十世会司祭）
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Vocation Story, THE MOTHERS OF LU MONFERRATO, Near Turin, 1881
The little village of Lu, northern Italy, with only a few thousand inhabitants, is in a rural area 90 kilometres east of Turin. It would still be unknown to this day if, in the year 1881, the family mothers of Lu had not made a decision that had ―serious consequences. The deepest desire of many of these mothers was for one of their sons to become a priest or for a daughter to place her life completely in God‘s service. Under the direction of their parish priest, Msgr. Alessandro Canora, they gathered every Tuesday for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, asking the Lord for vocations. They received Holy Communion on the first Sunday of every month with the same intention. After Mass, all the mothers prayed a particular prayer together imploring for vocations to the priesthood. Through the trusting prayer of these mothers and the openness of the other parents, an atmosphere of deep joy and Christian piety developed in the families, making it much easier for the children to recognise their vocations. Did the Lord not say, ―Many are called, but few are chosen‖ (Mt 22,14)? In other words, many are called, but only a few respond to that call. No one expected that God would hear the prayers of these mothers in such an astounding way. From the tiny village of Lu came vocations!: 152 priests (diocesan and religious), and 171 nuns belonging to 41 different congregations. Every ten years, the priests and sisters born in Lu come together from all around the world. Fr. Mario Meda, the long-serving parish priest of Lu, explained that this reunion is a true celebration, a feast of thanksgiving to God who has done such great things for Lu.The prayer that the mothers of Lu prayed was short, simple, and deep: ―O God, grant that one of my sons may become a priest! I myself want to live as a good Christian and want to guide my children always to do what is right, so that I may receive the grace, O God, to be allowed to give you a holy priest! Amen
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONSO God, Who wishes all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth, send forth, we beseech Thee, labourers into the harvest; inspire many young with the generous desire of devoting their lives to Thy service ; grant that there may be a great increase in the number and sanctity of vocations to the priesthood and to the religious life, so that Thy Holy Name may be glorified and many souls may be brought to know and serve Thee, the One True God and Him Whom Thou has sent, Jesus Christ Thy Son, Our Lord.O Jesus, Eternal High Priest, may all the love of Thy Sacred Heart be with Thy Priests and Religious in their life and work. Amen.
From 1st to 4th September 1946, the majority of the 323 priests and religious met in their village of Lu for a reunion which attracted world-wide attention.
愛する兄弟姉妹の皆様、
2018年から、ミサ聖祭の前のロザリオの時に「召命を求める」という特別の意向でもう一環ロザリオを付け加えてくださることをお願い致します。
イロイロの聖ベルナルド修練院でこの習慣を取り入れたところ多くの召命が天主の呼び出しに答えだしました。私たちもそれを真似たいと思います。
いつものように聖伝のミサの前にロザリオを唱えますが、さらにもう一環を「日本からの召命を求めるため」付け加えてお祈りください。
レネー神父様は、私たちがルー・モンフェラート村の母たちを真似るようにと強く勧めてくださいました。トリノから東に90キロメートルほど離れたところに、数千名の小さなルー（Lu）という寒村があります。1881年にこの村の母親たちは、その村の小教区の主任司祭であった福者カノラ神父様の指導の下に、毎週火曜日に集まって召命を求める祈りを捧げ始めました。召命を求めるという意向で月の最初の主日にご聖体拝領を受け、ミサの後にすべての母親は一緒に司祭召命を求める祈りを捧げました。
この天主はこの祈りを聞き入れてくださり、この小さな村から152名の司祭、171名の修道女が輩出しました。
10年毎にルー出身の司祭や修道者たちが故郷に帰省すると、天主への感謝の祝日となるそうです。
ルーの母親たちの祈りは短く単純で深いものです。「願わくは、天主よ、わが息子が司祭となる恵みを与え給え！願わくは、我をしてよきカトリック信者たらしめ、子供らをよく導くを得しめ給え。そは、我れが御身に我が子を聖なる司祭として与えることが許されんがためなり。アーメン」
“Signore, fa che uno dei miei figli diventi sacerdote! Io stessa voglio vivere da buona cristiana e voglio portare i miei figli al bene per ottenere la grazia di poterti offrire, Signore, un sacerdote santo. Amen”.
From 1st to 4th September 1946, the majority of the 323 priests and religious met in their village of Lu for a reunion which attracted worldwide attention.
私たちも沢山のいのりを捧げましょう！
天主様の祝福が豊かにありますように！
トマス小野田圭志神父（聖ピオ十世会司祭）
Vocation Story, THE MOTHERS OF LU MONFERRATO, Near Turin, 1881
The little village of Lu, northern Italy, with only a few thousand inhabitants, is in a rural area 90 kilometres east of Turin. It would still be unknown to this day if, in the year 1881, the family mothers of Lu had not made a decision that had ―serious consequences. The deepest desire of many of these mothers was for one of their sons to become a priest or for a daughter to place her life completely in God‘s service. Under the direction of their parish priest, Msgr. Alessandro Canora, they gathered every Tuesday for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, asking the Lord for vocations. They received Holy Communion on the first Sunday of every month with the same intention. After Mass, all the mothers prayed a particular prayer together imploring for vocations to the priesthood. Through the trusting prayer of these mothers and the openness of the other parents, an atmosphere of deep joy and Christian piety developed in the families, making it much easier for the children to recognise their vocations. Did the Lord not say, ―Many are called, but few are chosen‖ (Mt 22,14)? In other words, many are called, but only a few respond to that call. No one expected that God would hear the prayers of these mothers in such an astounding way. From the tiny village of Lu came vocations!: 152 priests (diocesan and religious), and 171 nuns belonging to 41 different congregations. Every ten years, the priests and sisters born in Lu come together from all around the world. Fr. Mario Meda, the long-serving parish priest of Lu, explained that this reunion is a true celebration, a feast of thanksgiving to God who has done such great things for Lu.The prayer that the mothers of Lu prayed was short, simple, and deep: ―O God, grant that one of my sons may become a priest! I myself want to live as a good Christian and want to guide my children always to do what is right, so that I may receive the grace, O God, to be allowed to give you a holy priest! Amen
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONSO God, Who wishes all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth, send forth, we beseech Thee, labourers into the harvest; inspire many young with the generous desire of devoting their lives to Thy service ; grant that there may be a great increase in the number and sanctity of vocations to the priesthood and to the religious life, so that Thy Holy Name may be glorified and many souls may be brought to know and serve Thee, the One True God and Him Whom Thou has sent, Jesus Christ Thy Son, Our Lord.O Jesus, Eternal High Priest, may all the love of Thy Sacred Heart be with Thy Priests and Religious in their life and work. Amen.
From 1st to 4th September 1946, the majority of the 323 priests and religious met in their village of Lu for a reunion which attracted world-wide attention.