St. Faustina's "Prayer for Priests"

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My prayers, written a few years ago, among many others prayers for other purposes.
I just wrote them when there was some impelling reason.
God bless you,
Trishie
 
MariaChristi said:
Dear tawny and Trishie,

Thank you both for your prayers.

Trishie, I did not yet read all of your replies. Are they all from the same source? Please can you tell me where you found them? Thanks much, and please let us all keep praying! 🙂
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My prayers, written a few years ago, among many others prayers for other purposes.
I posted some of the priesthood ones as you mentioned you felt you have a call to pray for priests.
I just wrote the various prayers on a range of issues when there was some impelling reason.
God bless you,
Trishie
 
Trishie said:
My prayers, written a few years ago, among many others prayers for other purposes.
I posted some of the priesthood ones as you mentioned you felt you have a call to pray for priests.
I just wrote the various prayers on a range of issues when there was some impelling reason.
God bless you,
Trishie
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Thanks, Trishie!
 
A vision of the Mother of God. In the midst of a great brilliance, I saw the Mother of God clothed in a white gown, girt about with a golden cincture; and there were tiny stars, also of gold, over the whole garment, and chevron-shaped sleeves lined with gold. Her cloak was sky-blue, lightly thrown over the shoulders. A transparent veil was delicately drawn over her head, while her flowing hair was set off beautifully by a golden crown which terminated in little crosses. On Her left arm She held the Child Jesus. A Blessed Mother of this type I had not yet seen. Then She looked at me kindly and said: I am the Mother of God of priests…At that, She lowered Jesus from Her arm to the ground, raised Her right hand heavenward and said: 0 God, bless. Poland, bless priests. Then She addressed me once again: Tell the priests what you have seen.
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Ibid., 1585. The phrase “Mother of God of priests” is somewhat odd, but this is an exact translation from the Polish: Jestem Matka Boska Kaplanska.

Purest of All Lilies: The Virgin Mary in the Spirituality of St. Faustina
Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC
Father talks about his book HERE.
 
Googler said:
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Ibid., 1585. The phrase “Mother of God of priests” is somewhat odd, but this is an exact translation from the Polish: Jestem Matka Boska Kaplanska.

Purest of All Lilies: The Virgin Mary in the Spirituality of St. Faustina
Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC
Father talks about his book HERE.
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Dear brother,

Thanks so much for the link to the interview. I was particularly blessed by the final question and answer. 🙂 I believe you told me once that “Mother” was your favorite title for Mary. It has become my favorite title for her as well.

I copied the last question and answer and posted it on another thread in another Forum for a convert who had questions about Marian Consecration. I thought it might help her and also gave her the link to the entire interview. Like many converts, the fear of giving Mary “too much attention” carried over from her Protestant upbringing, but I trust God is leading her to Mary our Mother, because she is seeking His Truth.
 
MariaChristi said:
Dear brother,

Thanks so much for the link to the interview. I was particularly blessed by the final question and answer. 🙂 I believe you told me once that “Mother” was your favorite title for Mary. It has become my favorite title for her as well.
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To me she is ‘Immaculata Queen and Mother of the Church’ yet I instinctively address her as ‘Blessed Mother’.

Through Total Consecration, I’ve surendered my self-will to my beloved Immaculata for the glory and honor of her Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ.

I’m learning new things about her constantly.

The last article I’ve read, from the fantastic ‘Missio Immaculatae’ magazine I recently subscribed to, was about bearing our sufferings and crosses (God sends to us to teach us out of His mercy), by trusting in her not in our own strength. Our Lady is not an alternative way to avoid the cross. We cannot avoid the cross. She is always faithful to the cross. The cross will not be spared us—rather, abundant grace will be given us to lift it up and to bear it. With the help of the Immaculate no cross or adversity is insurmountable. By means of crosses, God crushes our pride and teaches us ‘absolute’ trust in Him and in His Mother. And if our trust is absolute, then truly there are no limits to what Our Lady can do through us. God, through the Immaculate, will do all that goes beyond our weakness. We entrust our crosses to her, doing ‘calmly’ all within our power, then trust her limitlessly for help in doing even what goes beyond it.

The article is about St. Maximilian’s experience but there is a very interesting quote there from St. Louis de Montfort’s ‘Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin’:
  1. I reply that it is quite true that the most faithful servants of the Blessed Virgin, being her greatest favourites, receive from her the best graces and favours from heaven, which are crosses. But I maintain too that these servants of Mary bear their crosses with greater ease and gain more merit and glory. What could check another’s progress a thousand times over, or possibly bring about his downfall, does not balk them at all, but even helps them on their way. For this good Mother, filled with the grace and unction of the Holy Spirit, dips all the crosses she prepares for them in the honey of her maternal sweetness and the unction of pure love. They then readily swallow them as they would sugared almonds, though the crosses may be very bitter. I believe that anyone who wishes to be devout and live piously in Jesus will suffer persecution and will have a daily cross to carry. But he will never manage to carry a heavy cross, or carry it joyfully and perseveringly, without a trusting devotion to our Lady, who is the very sweetness of the cross. It is obvious that a person could not keep on eating without great effort unripe fruit which has not been sweetened.
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Googler said:
To me she is ‘Immaculata Queen and Mother of the Church’ yet I instinctively address her as ‘Blessed Mother’.

Through Total Consecration, I’ve surendered my self-will to my beloved Immaculata for the glory and honor of her Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ.

I’m learning new things about her constantly.

The last article I’ve read, from the fantastic ‘Missio Immaculatae’ magazine I recently subscribed to, was about bearing our sufferings and crosses (God sends to us to teach us out of His mercy), by trusting in her not in our own strength. Our Lady is not an alternative way to avoid the cross. We cannot avoid the cross. She is always faithful to the cross. The cross will not be spared us—rather, abundant grace will be given us to lift it up and to bear it. With the help of the Immaculate no cross or adversity is insurmountable. By means of crosses, God crushes our pride and teaches us ‘absolute’ trust in Him and in His Mother. And if our trust is absolute, then truly there are no limits to what Our Lady can do through us. God, through the Immaculate, will do all that goes beyond our weakness. We entrust our crosses to her, doing ‘calmly’ all within our power, then trust her limitlessly for help in doing even what goes beyond it.

The article is about St. Maximilian’s experience but there is a very interesting quote there from St. Louis de Montfort’s ‘Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin’:
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Dear Brother,

Thanks again. I am always blessed by those two champions of our Mother : St. Louis de Montfort and St. Maximilian Kolbe. I am grateful to God for His gift of Mary to me and to us all. I’m grateful for the Holy Spirit’s guiding me to consecrate myself to Jesus through Mary, praying both Acts of Consecration these two men wrote.

How Faithful God is to His Word! Jesus promised us that the Holy Spirit would guide us into ALL Truth, and He does! 🙂
 
Dear MariaChristi,

Inspired, perhaps divinely, to include priests in my prayers some years ago, I have since strived to do so daily. It is possibly the largest part of my prayer routine, assuming a prayer routine can be divided in this way.

Because I don’t have unlimited amounts of time to pray (does anyone?), I’ve found the following PDF to be helpful in tailoring prayers I already pray (Holy Hour including Rosary, Stations of the Cross) in order to offer them specifically for priests. Perhaps you and/or others may find it useful as well.

Praying for Our Priests

There is a similar booklet for vocations (Rosary only): Praying for Vocations

Both were published by Maria Regina Cleri; each also comes in hardcopy booklet format. There are audio CD versions of the Rosary meditations and Stations of the Cross from Praying for Our Priests. All materials in all formats are available for free. Please see Maria Regina Cleri’s Web site for more info (“Free Prayer Resources” link at top of home page).

God bless you and all who pray for the clergy. :signofcross:
 
UpUpAndAway said:
Dear MariaChristi,

Inspired, perhaps divinely, to include priests in my prayers some years ago, I have since strived to do so daily. It is possibly the largest part of my prayer routine, assuming a prayer routine can be divided in this way.

Because I don’t have unlimited amounts of time to pray (does anyone?), I’ve found the following PDF to be helpful in tailoring prayers I already pray (Holy Hour including Rosary, Stations of the Cross) in order to offer them specifically for priests. Perhaps you and/or others may find it useful as well.

Praying for Our Priests

There is a similar booklet for vocations (Rosary only): Praying for Vocations

Both were published by Maria Regina Cleri; each also comes in hardcopy booklet format. There are audio CD versions of the Rosary meditations and Stations of the Cross from Praying for Our Priests. All materials in all formats are available for free. Please see Maria Regina Cleri’s Web site for more info (“Free Prayer Resources” link at top of home page).

God bless you and all who pray for the clergy. :signofcross:
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Thanks, “Up, Up and Away”, for all your prayers for priests and for the resources you’ve shared here. 🙂

May we keep open to the Holy Spirit, asking Mary’s help to pray always for Priests and for all of us in most need of God’s Mercy.
 
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