Please Pray for Holy Priests
Dear Lord,
We pray that the Blessed Mother
Wrap her mantle around Your priests
And through her intercession
Strengthen them for their ministry.
We pray that Mary will guide Your priests
To follow her own words,
“Do whatever He tells you” (Jn 2:5)
May Your priests have the heart of St. Joseph,
Mary’s most chaste spouse.
May the Blessed Mother’s own pierced heart
Inspire them to embrace
All who suffer at the foot of the cross.
May Your priests be holy,
Filled with the fire of Your love
Seeking nothing but Your greater glory
And the salvation of souls.
Amen.
Saint John Vianney, pray for us.
PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
O Jesus,
our great High Priest
hear my humble prayers
on behalf of your priests.
Give them a deep faith
bright and firm hope
and a burning love
which will ever increase
in the course of their priestly life.
In their loneliness comfort them
In their sorrows strengthen them
In their frustrations point out to them that it is through suffering
that the soul is purified
and show them that
they are needed by the Church
they are needed by souls
they are needed for the work of redemption.
O Loving Mother Mary
Mother of Priests
take to your heart your sons who are close to you
because of their priestly ordination
and because of the power
which they have received
to carry on the work of Christ
in a world which needs them so much.
Be their comfort
be their joy
be their strength
and especially help them
to live and to defend the ideals
of consecrated celibacy. Amen.
our great High Priest
hear my humble prayers
on behalf of your priests.
Give them a deep faith
bright and firm hope
and a burning love
which will ever increase
in the course of their priestly life.
In their loneliness comfort them
In their sorrows strengthen them
In their frustrations point out to them that it is through suffering
that the soul is purified
and show them that
they are needed by the Church
they are needed by souls
they are needed for the work of redemption.
O Loving Mother Mary
Mother of Priests
take to your heart your sons who are close to you
because of their priestly ordination
and because of the power
which they have received
to carry on the work of Christ
in a world which needs them so much.
Be their comfort
be their joy
be their strength
and especially help them
to live and to defend the ideals
of consecrated celibacy. Amen.
+John Joseph Cardinal Carberry