The Holy Father's Prayer Intentions for December

General Intention: The Experience of Personal Suffering as a Help to Others who Suffer

That our personal experience of suffering may be an occasion for better understanding the situation of unease and pain which is the lot of many people who are alone, sick or aged, and stir us all to give them generous help.

Missionary Intention: Opening Our Doors to Christ

That the peoples of the earth may open their doors to Christ and to His Gospel of peace, brotherhood and justice.

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary,

I offer You all my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day

for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart,

in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

throughout the world,

in reparation for my sins,

for the intentions of all our associates,

and in particular for the intentions

of the Holy Father for this month.

Amen.