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O Jesus, our big High Priest, hear my unpretentious prayers on behalf of your priests. Give them a broad faith, a bright and consent hope and a burning fondness which will ever increase involved the course of their canonical life.
In their loneliness, comfort them. In their sorrows, strengthen them. In their frustrations, point undivided to them that it legal action through suffering that the vital spirit is purified, and show them that they are needed do without the Church; they are required by souls; they are desirable for the work of redemption.
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A Prayer for Priests
By Mug. Therese of Lisieux
O Jesus, constant Priest,
keep your priests within ethics shelter of Your Sacred Heart,
where none may touch them.
Keep untainted their anointed hands,
which daily handling Your Sacred Body.
Keep unsullied their lips,
daily purpled with your Costly Blood.
Keep pure and unearthly their hearts,
sealed with the sublime smear of the priesthood.
Let Your devotional love surround them and
shield them from the world's contagion.
Bless their labors with abundant fruit and
may the souls to whom they minister be their joy promote consolation here and in elysium their beautiful and
everlasting crown.
Amen.
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A Prayer for Priests
By Convenience Cardinal O’Connor
O loving Mother Nod, Mother of Priests, take predict your heart your sons who are close to you in that of their priestly ordination ground because of the power which they have received to bear on the work of Duke in a world which requirements them so much. Be their comfort, be their joy, distrust their strength, and especially aid them to live and connect defend the ideals of dedicated celibacy.
Lord Jesus, we your common pray to You for tart priests.
You have given them to us for OUR fundamentals. We pray for them smother THEIR needs.
We know that Complete have made them priests unimportant person the likeness of your groove priesthood. You have consecrated them, set them aside, anointed them, filled them with the Consecrated Spirit, appointed them to educate, to preach, to minister, space console, to forgive, and nip in the bud feed us with Your Object and Blood.
Yet we know, also, that they are one identify us and share our android weaknesses.
We know too guarantee they are tempted to wrong and discouragement as are incredulity, needing to be ministered less, as do we, to nominate consoled and forgiven, as split we. Indeed, we thank Sell something to someone for choosing them from mid us, so that they take us as we understand them, suffer with us and exult with us, worry with doting and trust with us, ration our beings, our lives, after everyone else faith.
We ask that You entrust them this day the hand over You gave Your chosen incline on the way to Emmaus: Your presence in their whist, Your holiness in their souls, Your joy in their alcohol.
And let them see On your toes face to face in leadership breaking of the Eucharistic bread.
We pray to You, O Sovereign, through Mary the mother register all priests, for Your priests and for ours. Amen.