What shall we pray for this month?

Pope Benedict's general prayer intention for October is focused on the Sunday Eucharist:

That Sundays may be lived as the day on which Christians gather to celebrate the Risen Lord in the table of the Eucharist.

His missionary intention focuses on the Spirit of Mission:

That all the people of God, whom Christ has commanded to go and preach the Gospel to every creature, may diligently fulfill their missionary responsibility