What shall we pray for this month?

Pope Benedict XVI's general prayer intention for May is for Lay Vocation Promoters:

That the laity and Christian communities may embrace their responsibility for promoting vocations to the priesthood and religious life.

His missionary intention is for A Missionary Church.

In response to the Lord for the gift of faith, may the younger Catholic communities generously participate in the universal mission of the Church to proclaim the Gospel to the ends of the earth.