Prayer for Sanctification of Priests
by VP
Posted on Tuesday September 07, 2021 at 02:20AM in Prayers
Prayer for Sanctification of Priests
O Jesus, eternal pastor of souls, hear
our prayer on behalf of our priests and hear in it thy own eternal
desire. Are not priests the object of thy most tender and exquisite
care, that profound love in which are summed up all thy affections for
souls? Let us confess our unworthiness to have good priests. But thy
mercy is infinitely greater than our folly and wickedness.
O
Jesus, grant that only those ascend to thy priesthood who are called by
Thee; enlighten pastors in their choice, inspire directors with a spirit
of counsel, and teachers in the cultivation of vocations. Give us
priests who are angels of purity, models of humility, seraphs of holy
love, heroes of self-sacrifice, apostles of thy glory, and saviors and
sanctifiers of souls.
Have pity on the ignorant who should be
enlightened, on the sons of toil who call for someone to save them from
error and redeem them in thy name, on all the children and youths who
cry for such as may save them and bring them to Thee, on so many who
suffer and have need of a heart which will find them consolation in Thine.
What a number of souls would arrive at perfection through the
ministry of holy priests!
Then, O Jesus, have compassion again
on the crowds who hunger and thirst. Grant that Thy priesthood may bring
to Thee fainting humanity, and let the earth be once again renewed, the
Church exalted, and the reign of thy Heart established in peace.
Immaculate
Virgin, Mother of the Eternal Priest, and thou thyself a priest at the
altar, who hadst for thy first son of adoption St. John, the beloved
priest of Jesus, who didst preside in the cenaculum, mistress and queen
of the Apostles; deign to utter with thy sacred lips this our humble
prayer; do thou make its accents to penetrate to the Heart of thy divine
Son, and, all-powerful in thy supplication, obtain for the Church of
thy Son Jesus a perennial renewal of Pentecost.
Amen.
Raccolta
St. Pius X, November 9, 1907
Source: CAPG
Praying for our Diocesan clergy for their call to guide us in our faith & practice here on earth. Praying that God provide courageous leadership when our Catholic faith, practice & traditions are challenged by those who don't know God's love yet.
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