The Curé d'Ars Prayer Group
For the bishop and priests of the Raleigh, NC Diocese.
Devotions
Prayer to be said by Priests (Pope Pius XII)
Lord Jesus, Eternal Pontiff, Good Shepherd, Fount of Live, who, through no merit of our own, has raised us to the ranks of your priesthood by the special favor of Your Most Sacred Heart, accord us the abundant assistance of Your ever helpful mercy, that we may fulfill the desires to which your grace has moved our mind. You, who for us sanctified Yourself that we, too might be holy in truth (cfr. John XVII, 9.), grant, that never straying from You who are the Way, wise in Your teaching, faithful in following the precepts of Your law, we may bring back the image of Your Most Sacred Heart to our way of living, and in You and through You we may please the Heavenly Father in all things.
May all forms of justice shine forth and may the strength of fortitude be joined to the chaste moderation of temperance. May sincere faith faith dwell in our heart, may hope of eternal reward imbues us with the waters of consolation; and may heavenly fire then inflame those whom Your Most Sacred Heart, a burning furnace of charity, enkindles. Grant that our unending meditation may be concerned with your words, in which eternal wisdom shines forth, and thus nourished may we in turn fee the sheep of Your flock, our charge. May those opposed to Your Gospel, be brought into the circle of our unity, and may they fear nothing in us in any way, that those who are acquainted with sin and shame might ascribe to Your church, our Mother.
Grant, finally, that seeking not our own advantages, but rather Your glory, we, with the pure conscience of a right will, may be steadfast in our duty to our last breath, and when our body yields to death, may we in the glory of the saints gain the eternal reward of yourself, whom we have on earth as Leader and Companion who lives and reigns with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen