Prayer for Parish Priest to St. John Vianney
by VP
Posted on Friday August 04, 2023 at 09:15AM in Saints
Dear Saint John Vianney, your childhood
dream was to be a Priest, to win souls for God. You endured years of
toil and humiliation to attain the Priesthood. You became a Priest
truly after Godʼs own heart, outstanding in humility and poverty;
prayer and mortification. Totally devoted to the service of Godʼs
people.
The Church has exalted you as model and patron saint of
all Parish Priest, trusting that your example and prayers will help them
to live up to the high dignity of their vocation to be faithful
servants of Godʼs people, to be perfect imitators of Christ the Savior
Who came not to be served but to serve, to give His Life in ransom for
many.
Pray that God may give to His Church today many more
Priests after His own Heart. Pray for all the Priests under your
patronage, that they may be worthy representatives of Christ the Good
Shepherd. May they wholeheartedly devote themselves to prayer and
penance; be examples of humility and poverty; shining models of
holiness; tireless and powerful preachers of the Word of God; zealous
dispensers of Godʼs Grace in the Sacraments.
May their loving
devotion to Jesus in the Eucharist and to Mary His Mother be the Twin
Fountains of fruitfulness for their ministry. Amen
