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Saint Therese of Lisieux prayer for priests…

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therese1 HIAO Jesus, I pray for Your faithful and fervent priests;

for Your unfaithful and tepid priests;

for Your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields;

for Your tempted priests; for Your young priests;

for Your dying priests; for the souls of Your priests in purgatory.

But above all, I recommend to You the priests dearest to me;

the priest who baptized me; the priest who absolved me from my sins;

the priest at whose Mass I assisted

and who gave me Your Body and Blood in Holy Communion;

the priests who taught and instructed me;

all the priests to whom I am indebted in any way.

Jesus, keep them all close to Your heart,

and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen.

«Lord Jesus Christ, eternal High Priest»… A prayer by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

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papa-benedicto-XVI-2Lord Jesus Christ, eternal High Priest,
you offered yourself to the Father on the altar of the Cross
and through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit
gave your priestly people a share in your redeeming sacrifice.
Hear our prayer for the sanctification of our priests.
Grant that all who are ordained to the ministerial priesthood
may be ever more conformed to you, the divine Master.
May they preach the Gospel with pure heart and clear conscience.
Let them be shepherds according to your own Heart,
single-minded in service to you and to the Church
and shining examples of a holy, simple and joyful life.
Through the prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary, your Mother and ours,
draw all priests and the flocks entrusted to their care
to the fullness of eternal life where you live and reign
with the Father and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.