Pray for our Priests

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**“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.” **
 
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.
 
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
 
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. :highprayer:
 
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
 
***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 ***
 
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:
 
*Mother of our Redeemer, in this era dedicated to you, with great joy we call you blessed. You believed in the Word of God the father and declared yourself His handmaid, and so, through you, the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us. We salute you as Mother, our Mother, the Mother of the Church. With what great love you must have watched over the infant Church and what motherly solicitude encouraged the apostles as they committed themselves to carry on the work of Your Divine Son on earth. Make the Church ever to be the sign and instrument of intimate union with God.

To you, our Mother, we entrust in a special way our Bishop and the priests of our diocese. To them has been given a special sharing in the priesthood of Your Divine Son. He has chosen them to be ministers of His Word and Sacrament. Ask Him to fill them with zeal, to keep them faithful and joyful in His service, conscious of the fact that they care and so bring glory to the father and honor to the Church.
Holy Mother, increase the ranks of our priests by inspiring our young people to be more generous in their response to serve Jesus in the priesthood and in religious life.

Sustain all of us, O Virgin Mary, on our journey of faith and obtain for us the grace of eternal salvation.*
 
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