Author Topic: Prayers for Catholic Priests (Read 1713 times)

Viva Cristo Rey · « **on:** February 20, 2016, 11:58:37 PM »

4. O Jesus, I pray for your faithful and fervent priests;
for your unfaithful and tepid priests;
for your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields.
for your tempted priests;
for your lonely and desolate priests;
For your young priests;
for your dying priests;
for the souls of your priests in Purgatory.
But above all, I recommend to you the priests dearest to me:
the priest who baptized me;
the priests who absolved me from my sins;
the priests at whose Masses I assisted and who gave me Your Body and Blood in Holy Communion;
the priests who taught and instructed me;
all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way (especially …).
O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart,
and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen. -Prayer of St Therese of the Child Jesus

poche · « **Reply #1 on:** February 21, 2016, 12:41:18 AM »

Viva Cristo Rey · « **Reply #2 on:** February 21, 2016, 01:04:29 AM »

For, whoever becomes a priest, is a priest, not for himself alone but for others: “for every high priest, taken from among men is appointed for men in the things pertaining to God” (Heb. 5:1). This Christ indicated when, to show what should be the priest’s conduct, He used to compare him to salt and to light. The priest, then, is the salt of the earth and the light of the world.

Pope St. Pius X.

Viva Cristo Rey · « **Reply #3 on:** February 21, 2016, 01:08:10 AM »

2. A Prayer for Priests
By St. Therese of Lisieux

O Jesus, eternal Priest,
keep your priests within the shelter of Your Sacred Heart,
where none may touch them.

Keep unstained their anointed hands,
which daily touch Your Sacred Body.

Keep unsullied their lips,
daily purpled with your Precious Blood.

Keep pure and unearthly their hearts,
sealed with the sublime mark of the priesthood.

Let Your holy 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 and consolation here and in heaven their beautiful and
2. A Prayer for Priests
By St. Therese of Lisieux

O Jesus, eternal Priest,
keep your priests within the shelter of Your Sacred Heart,
where none may touch them.

Keep unstained their anointed hands,
which daily touch Your Sacred Body.

Keep unsullied their lips,
daily purpled with your Precious Blood.

Keep pure and unearthly their hearts,
sealed with the sublime mark of the priesthood.

Let Your holy 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 and consolation here and in heaven their beautiful and
everlasting crown. Amen.

Viva Cristo Rey · « **Reply #4 on:** February 21, 2016, 01:11:27 AM »

PRAYERS FOR HOLY PRIESTS
My Dear Jesus, You desire that we pray the Lord of the harvest that He send zealous laborers into His harvest. Deign to raise up in Thy Church, and especially in this diocese, numerous and holy priests who, taking Thy Divine Heart as their Model, will, in the exercise of their holy priesthood, promote the glory of Thy heavenly Father and the salvation of those souls whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy Precious Blood. Give us truly holy priests who, inflamed with the fire of Thy divine love, seek nothing but Thy greater glory and the salvation of souls.

O Mary, Queen of the clergy, pray for us; obtain for us many holy priests.

PRAYER TO BE SAID AT THE
PRIEST'S COMMUNION
O Lord, may You find shelter and rest gently within the heart of Thy priest...

Make him, O Lord, a priest according to Thy heart: meek, humble, zealous, so that all he does will be for Thine honor and glory. Mold him into a man of prayer and labor, insensible to earthly things, and sensible only to Thy love and to the graces of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Viva Cristo Rey · « **Reply #5 on:** February 21, 2016, 01:23:45 AM »

Prayer for Priests (St. Catherine of Siena)

[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

Viva Cristo Rey · « **Reply #6 on:** March 19, 2016, 06:01:23 AM »