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Oh my Jesus, I beg You on behalf of the whole Church: grant it love and the light of Your Spirit, and give power to the words of priests so that hardened hearts might be brought to repentance and return to You, O Lord.

Lord, give us holy priests; You Yourself maintain them in holiness. O Divine and Great High Priest, may the power of your mercy accompany them everywhere and protect them from the devil’s traps and snares which are continually being set for the souls of priests. May the power of Your mercy, O Lord, shatter and bring to naught all that might tarnish the sanctity of priests, for You can do all things. AMEN
*Diary of St Maria Faustina *
 
ElizabethPH said:
Oh my Jesus, I beg You on behalf of the whole Church: grant it love and the light of Your Spirit, and give power to the words of priests so that hardened hearts might be brought to repentance and return to You, O Lord.

Lord, give us holy priests; You Yourself maintain them in holiness. O Divine and Great High Priest, may the power of your mercy accompany them everywhere and protect them from the devil’s traps and snares which are continually being set for the souls of priests. May the power of Your mercy, O Lord, shatter and bring to naught all that might tarnish the sanctity of priests, for You can do all things. AMEN
*Diary of St Maria Faustina *
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:signofcross: Amen.
 
A prayer for Priests taken from the Prayers For All Occasions Prayer Book

Heavenly Father, pour out Your grace on the priests You have made. Let them remember that in performing their tasks they are never alone. Relying on Your almighty power and believing in Christ Who called them to share in his priesthood, may they devote themselves to their ministry with complete trust, knowing that You can intensify in them the ability to love. Let them also be mindful that they have as partners their brothers in the priesthood and indeed the faithful of the entire world. For they cooperate in carrying out the saving plan of Christ, which is brought to fulfillment only by degrees, through the collaboration of many ministries in the building up of Christ’s Body until the full measure of His manhood is achieved. Amen. :signofcross:
 
A PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
John Cardinal O’Connor

Lord Jesus, we your people pray to You for our priests. You have given them to us for OUR needs. We pray for them in THEIR needs.

We know that You have made them priests in the likeness of your own priesthood. You have consecrated them, set them aside, annointed them, filled them with the Holy Spirit, appointed them to teach, to preach, to minister, to console, to forgive, and to feed us with Your Body and Blood.

Yet we know, too, that they are one with us and share our human weaknesses. We know too that they are tempted to sin and discouragement as are we, needing to be ministered to, as do we, to be consoled and forgiven, as do we. Indeed, we thank You for choosing them from among us, so that they understand us as we understand them, suffer with us and rejoice with us, worry with us and trust with us, share our beings, our lives, our faith.

We ask that You give them this day the gift You gave Your chosen ones on the way to Emmaus: Your presence in their hearts, Your holiness in their souls, Your joy in their spirits. And let them see You face to face in the breaking of the Eucharistic bread.

We pray to You, O Lord, through Mary the mother of all priests, for Your priests and for ours. Amen.
 
basenji said:
A PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
John Cardinal O’Connor

Lord Jesus, we your people pray to You for our priests. You have given them to us for OUR needs. We pray for them in THEIR needs.

We know that You have made them priests in the likeness of your own priesthood. You have consecrated them, set them aside, annointed them, filled them with the Holy Spirit, appointed them to teach, to preach, to minister, to console, to forgive, and to feed us with Your Body and Blood.

Yet we know, too, that they are one with us and share our human weaknesses. We know too that they are tempted to sin and discouragement as are we, needing to be ministered to, as do we, to be consoled and forgiven, as do we. Indeed, we thank You for choosing them from among us, so that they understand us as we understand them, suffer with us and rejoice with us, worry with us and trust with us, share our beings, our lives, our faith.

We ask that You give them this day the gift You gave Your chosen ones on the way to Emmaus: Your presence in their hearts, Your holiness in their souls, Your joy in their spirits. And let them see You face to face in the breaking of the Eucharistic bread.

We pray to You, O Lord, through Mary the mother of all priests, for Your priests and for ours. Amen.
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Amen and Amen!!!
 
ElizabethPH said:
Oh my Jesus, I beg You on behalf of the whole Church: grant it love and the light of Your Spirit, and give power to the words of priests so that hardened hearts might be brought to repentance and return to You, O Lord.

Lord, give us holy priests; You Yourself maintain them in holiness. O Divine and Great High Priest, may the power of your mercy accompany them everywhere and protect them from the devil’s traps and snares which are continually being set for the souls of priests. May the power of Your mercy, O Lord, shatter and bring to naught all that might tarnish the sanctity of priests, for You can do all things. AMEN
*Diary of St Maria Faustina *
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Amen.
 
basenji said:
A PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
John Cardinal O’Connor

Lord Jesus, we your people pray to You for our priests. You have given them to us for OUR needs. We pray for them in THEIR needs.

We know that You have made them priests in the likeness of your own priesthood. You have consecrated them, set them aside, annointed them, filled them with the Holy Spirit, appointed them to teach, to preach, to minister, to console, to forgive, and to feed us with Your Body and Blood.

Yet we know, too, that they are one with us and share our human weaknesses. We know too that they are tempted to sin and discouragement as are we, needing to be ministered to, as do we, to be consoled and forgiven, as do we. Indeed, we thank You for choosing them from among us, so that they understand us as we understand them, suffer with us and rejoice with us, worry with us and trust with us, share our beings, our lives, our faith.

We ask that You give them this day the gift You gave Your chosen ones on the way to Emmaus: Your presence in their hearts, Your holiness in their souls, Your joy in their spirits. And let them see You face to face in the breaking of the Eucharistic bread.

We pray to You, O Lord, through Mary the mother of all priests, for Your priests and for ours. Amen.
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AMEN!
 
Lord Jesus, we your people pray to You for our priests. You have given them to us for OUR needs. We pray for them in THEIR needs.

We know that You have made them priests in the likeness of your own priesthood. You have consecrated them, set them aside, annointed them, filled them with the Holy Spirit, appointed them to teach, to preach, to minister, to console, to forgive, and to feed us with Your Body and Blood.

Yet we know, too, that they are one with us and share our human weaknesses. We know too that they are tempted to sin and discouragement as are we, needing to be ministered to, as do we, to be consoled and forgiven, as do we. Indeed, we thank You for choosing them from among us, so that they understand us as we understand them, suffer with us and rejoice with us, worry with us and trust with us, share our beings, our lives, our faith.

We ask that You give them this day the gift You gave Your chosen ones on the way to Emmaus: Your presence in their hearts, Your holiness in their souls, Your joy in their spirits. And let them see You face to face in the breaking of the Eucharistic bread.

We pray to You, O Lord, through Mary the mother of all priests, for Your priests and for ours. Amen.
 
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.
 
Rosary Meditations for Priests

The Sorrowful Mysteries

First Sorrowful Mystery
THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN

The apostles fall asleep and Jesus sweats blood at the thought of His impending passion and death, and angels come to comfort Him.

We pray that all priests may live only to do our Father’s will, as Jesus always did.

Second Sorrowful Mystery
JESUS IS SCOURGED AT THE PILLAR

Jesus is cruelly scourged and beaten by the soldiers.

We pray for priests who are persecuted, physically or mentally troubled; those who are imprisoned or prevented from offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass or receiving communion.

Third Sorrowful Mystery
JESUS IS CROWNED WITH THORNS

Jesus is mocked as king and His precious Head is cruelly pierced by thorns.

We pray for priests who suffer for defending authentic Catholic doctrine. We pray that all Bishops will uphold the true teachings of the Catholic Church and resist temptations to compromise doctrine in the face of cultural, political, and social pressures.

Fourth Sorrowful Mystery
JESUS CARRIES HIS CROSS

Bruised, bleeding and exhausted Jesus is forced to drag himself and His cross up the hill of Calvary.

We pray for all priests with heavy crosses; those who are weak, lonely, or have fallen from God’s grace in some way. We pray for the Holy Father, who perhaps has the heaviest of crosses; the widespread persecution and abandonment of the Church.

Fifth Sorrowful Mystery
THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS ON THE CROSS

Jesus sheds his last drops of Precious Blood to redeem us from sin and death.

We pray for all priests who are in their last agony and those who will die today. We pray for those who thirst for the salvation of souls. We pray that the crucifixion of their wills may accomplish God’s designs for the salvation of the whole world.
We pray that priests may take Mary into their hearts, as did St John the Apostle; one of the first priests, took Mary into his home.
 
Rosary Meditations for Priests

GLORIOUS MYSTERIES

First Glorious Mystery
THE RESURRECTION

Jesus rose from the dead and appeared to the Apostles.

We pray that priests will remember the Crucifixion is followed by the Resurrection: darkness is always followed by Light. We pray that all priests may share the joy of the Risen Christ.

The Second Glorious Mystery
THE ASCENSION

Jesus instructed His Apostles and returned to His Father in Heaven.

We pray that priests may carry out Jesus’ instructions to evangelize the whole world, instructing and baptizing countless souls. We pray for missionaries who live lives of utter poverty and deprivation to bring the Gospel to all people.

The Third Glorious Mystery
THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles, who were gathered with Mary.

We pray that priests may be open to the graces of the Holy Spirit to strengthen them for the task of bringing souls to God And God to souls. We pray that they may be on fire to convert the most hardened sinners and bring God’s love to the whole world.

The Fourth Glorious Mystery
THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Mary is taken, body and soul, into Heaven. While she was on earth, she loved and prayed for the Apostles, Christianity’s first priests.

We pray that priests will be devoted to Mary and find in her, the love and comfort of a mother, the most powerful intercession of our greatest saint, and the surest refuge against Satan and his cohorts who seek the destruction of our faith, our priests, and the priesthood.

The Fifth Glorious Mystery
THE CORONATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

Mary is crowned Queen of Heaven and earth; she is rewarded for her humility and faithfulness to God.

We pray that Mary, Queen of the Clergy, will be their model of faith and joy, and constant guide until they reach Heaven where a crown, jeweled with many souls entrusted to them on the day of ordination, will be their reward for faithful and loving service.

These Rosary Meditations for Priests compiled by the late John J. Cardinal Carberry of the Archdiocese of St. Louis
 
ElizabethPH said:
Oh my Jesus, I beg You on behalf of the whole Church: grant it love and the light of Your Spirit, and give power to the words of priests so that hardened hearts might be brought to repentance and return to You, O Lord.

Lord, give us holy priests; You Yourself maintain them in holiness. O Divine and Great High Priest, may the power of your mercy accompany them everywhere and protect them from the devil’s traps and snares which are continually being set for the souls of priests. May the power of Your mercy, O Lord, shatter and bring to naught all that might tarnish the sanctity of priests, for You can do all things. AMEN
*Diary of St Maria Faustina *
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Amen
 
A prayer for Priests taken from the Prayers For All Occasions Prayer Book

Heavenly Father, pour out Your grace on the priests You have made. Let them remember that in performing their tasks they are never alone. Relying on Your almighty power and believing in Christ Who called them to share in his priesthood, may they devote themselves to their ministry with complete trust, knowing that You can intensify in them the ability to love. Let them also be mindful that they have as partners their brothers in the priesthood and indeed the faithful of the entire world. For they cooperate in carrying out the saving plan of Christ, which is brought to fulfillment only by degrees, through the collaboration of many ministries in the building up of Christ’s Body until the full measure of His manhood is achieved. Amen. :signofcross:
 
Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art Thou among Women
and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners.
Now and at the hour of our death Amen.

Our Father who art in Heaven.
Hallowed be Thy name. Thy
Kingdom come, Thy will be done,
on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us
our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass
against us and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.

FOR THE POPE!

Father of providence
look with love on our Pope,
your appointed successor to St. Peter
on whom you built your Church.
May he be the visible center and foundation
of our unity in faith and love. Amen. :signofcross:
 
Rosary Meditations for Priests

Prayer for Priests to be said after every decade of the rosary (after the Fatima prayer):
“GOD OUR FATHER, PLEASE SEND US HOLY PRIESTS, ALL FOR THE SACRED AND EUCHARISTIC HEART OF JESUS. ALL FOR THE SORROWFUL AND IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, ALL IN UNION WITH ST. JOSEPH.”

The Joyful Mystery’s

First Joyful Mystery
THE ANNUNCIATION

The Angel Gabriel announces to Mary, a virgin, that she would become the mother of God, Word Made flesh. For all centuries to come, Jesus will become flesh in the Holy Eucharist to nourish us in a most intimate union with Him.

We pray for all priests who daily through the words of the consecration at Mass, and through Holy Communion, bring us the Body and Blood of Christ. We pray for all future priests now being formed in the wombs of their mothers, that they may be safe from physical harm and come to Ordination as God intends. We pray for all future generations of priests and that priests may treasure the gift of celibacy.

Second Joyful Mystery
THE VISITATION

Mary visits her cousin, Elizabeth, who recognizes Mary as the living tabernacle for their Divine Lord.

We pray especially for priests, who bring Holy Communion to the sick, the shut-ins, and Viaticum to the dying. We pray for all the priests who minister to the sick in other ways. Counsel, comfort and console them Lord that they may continue to be the face of Christ to others in their time of need.

Third Joyful Mystery
THE NATIVITY OF JESUS

Jesus is born in Bethlehem. The angels announce His birth; kings and shepherds come to adore Him.

We pray that all seminarians grow in knowledge and love of God to become holy priests. We pray especially for those who will be ordained soon, that they remain faithful all their lives to the sublime privilege of being “other Christs” among us. We pray that everyone will come to value the Eucharistic Feast and the Priesthood among God’s greatest gifts to us, and that every priest will consider himself a member of the Holy Family, a true son of Mary and Joseph, and a brother-priest of Jesus, the great High Priest.

Fourth Joyful Mystery
PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE

Mary and Joseph, in obedience to the Law, bring Jesus to the temple to be dedicated to God. Simeon expresses his gratitude to God for revealing the Messiah to him before he died.

We thank God for all priests who, like Simeon, have given us decades of faithful service. We pray that they may be rewarded for their generosity and self-sacrifice. We pray also for all the priests whose hearts are pierced by loneliness, depression, and rejection.

Fifth Joyful Mystery
FINDING JESUS IN THE TEMPLE

Jesus is found among the teachers in the temple; He returns home and is obedient to Mary and Joseph.

We pray that priests will always be found going about their Father’s business, and will be obedient to the teaching of the Magisterium of the Church, our Holy Father, and the bishops in communion with him. We pray for all young priests, that the love and dedication they experience in the first years of their priesthood may increase in the future. We pray for all priests who teach the faith to children and adults, that they may light their listeners’ hearts afire.

Compiled by the late John J. Cardinal Carberry of the Archdiocese of St. Louis
 
sambfive said:
A prayer for Priests taken from the Prayers For All Occasions Prayer Book

Heavenly Father, pour out Your grace on the priests You have made. Let them remember that in performing their tasks they are never alone. Relying on Your almighty power and believing in Christ Who called them to share in his priesthood, may they devote themselves to their ministry with complete trust, knowing that You can intensify in them the ability to love. Let them also be mindful that they have as partners their brothers in the priesthood and indeed the faithful of the entire world. For they cooperate in carrying out the saving plan of Christ, which is brought to fulfillment only by degrees, through the collaboration of many ministries in the building up of Christ’s Body until the full measure of His manhood is achieved. Amen. :signofcross:
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Amen
 
Father, I beseech You,
direct the hearts and wills of the servants of Your Bride,
the Holy Church, unto yourself
so that they may follow the poor,
bleeding, humble, and gentle Lamb of God
on the way of the Cross.
Make them angels in the shape of men;
for after all,
they have to administer
and distribute the Body and Blood of Your Only Begotten Son.
Amen
 
“God our father, please send us holy priests, all for the sacred and eucharistic heart of Jesus. All for the sorrowful and immaculate heart of Mary, all in union with St. Joseph.”
 
Father, I beseech You,
direct the hearts and wills of the servants of Your Bride,
the Holy Church, unto yourself
so that they may follow the poor,
bleeding, humble, and gentle Lamb of God
on the way of the Cross.
Make them angels in the shape of men;
for after all,
they have to administer
and distribute the Body and Blood of Your Only Begotten Son.
Amen
 
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