Most
gracious Heavenly Father,
We thank
you for our faithful priests and bishops, whose spiritual fatherhood and
example of fidelity, self-sacrifice, and devotion is so vital to the faith of
your people.
May our
spiritual fathers be guided by the examples of Saints Peter and Paul, all the
Apostles and their saintly successors. Give them valiant faith in the face of
confusion and conflict, hope in time of trouble and sorrow, and steadfast love
for you, for their families, and for all your people throughout the world. May
the light of your Truth shine through their lives and their good works.
Assist
all spiritual fathers, that through your Grace they may steadily grow in
holiness and in knowledge and understanding of your Truth. May they generously
impart this knowledge to those who rely on them.
Through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
A Prayer Before the
Blessed Sacrament
for the Increase of Priestly and Religious Vocations
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Eternal Father,
Son of the Virgin Mary,
we thank you for offering your life in sacrifice on
the Cross, and for renewing this sacrifice
in every Mass celebrated throughout the world.
In the Power of the Holy Spirit
we adore you and proclaim
your living presence in the Eucharist.
We desire to imitate the love you show us
in your death and resurrection,
by loving and serving one another.
We ask you to call many young people to religious
life, and to provide the holy and generous priests
that are so needed in you Church today.
Lord Jesus, hear our prayer. Amen.
for the Increase of Priestly and Religious Vocations
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Eternal Father,
Son of the Virgin Mary,
we thank you for offering your life in sacrifice on
the Cross, and for renewing this sacrifice
in every Mass celebrated throughout the world.
In the Power of the Holy Spirit
we adore you and proclaim
your living presence in the Eucharist.
We desire to imitate the love you show us
in your death and resurrection,
by loving and serving one another.
We ask you to call many young people to religious
life, and to provide the holy and generous priests
that are so needed in you Church today.
Lord Jesus, hear our prayer. Amen.
Prayer
for Priests
O Jesus, our great High Priest,
Hear my humble prayers on behalf of your priest, Father [N].
Give him a deep faith
O Jesus, our great High Priest,
Hear my humble prayers on behalf of your priest, Father [N].
Give him a deep faith
a bright
and firm hope
and a burning love
which will ever increase
in the course of his priestly life.
and a burning love
which will ever increase
in the course of his priestly life.
In his loneliness, comfort him
In his sorrows, strengthen him
In his frustrations, point out to him
In his sorrows, strengthen him
In his frustrations, point out to him
that it
is through suffering that the soul is purified,
and show him that he is needed by the Church,
he is needed by souls,
he is needed for the work of redemption.
and show him that he is needed by the Church,
he is needed by souls,
he is needed for the work of redemption.
O loving Mother Mary, Mother of Priests,
take to
your heart your son who is close to you
because of his priestly ordination,
and because of the power which he has received
to carry on the work of Christ
in a world which needs him so much.
because of his priestly ordination,
and because of the power which he has received
to carry on the work of Christ
in a world which needs him so much.
Be his comfort, be his joy, be his strength,
and
especially help himto live and to defend the ideals of consecrated celibacy. Amen.
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