General Intention: for 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.