O  God, our Heavenly Father, you have  given us the gift of our catechists to be heralds of the Gospel to our parish family. We lift them up to you in thanksgiving  and intercede for them concerning their hopes and needs. May we be attentive to the presence  of your Word in them, a Word that lifts up and affirms, calls forth and challenges, is compassionate and consoles.

    We pray that our parish family will always be blessed with those who have responded to the call to share in Christ’s prophetic mission as catechists. May we too be open to the universal call to service that Christ addresses to all of his disciples, contributing our gifts to the communion of faith, the Church. We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.