Wednesday, November 01, 2006

A Prayer for Priests


Whenever a particular priest is in need of our prayers, I will be posting a Prayer for Priests.
O Jesus, Eternal Priest, keep all Your priests within the shelter of Your Sacred Heart where none may harm them.

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

Keep unsullied their lips purpled with Your Precious Blood.

Keep pure and unearthly their hearts sealed with the sublime marks of Your glorious priesthood.

Let Your holy love surround them and shield them from the world's contagion.

Bless their labors and abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they ministered here below be their joy and consolation, and in Heaven their beautiful and everlasting crown. Amen.

O Mary, Queen of the clergy, pray for us; obtain for us a number of holy priests. Amen.

2 comments:

Jean Heimann said...

What a beautiful prayer!

EC Gefroh said...

Glad you liked it Jean. I never realized just how many prayers for priests there are until I started searching for them.