These are some favorite prayers for priests and even a sonnet for priests!
O my Jesus, I beg you on behalf of the whole church; Grant it love and the light of Your Spirit, and give power to the words of priests so that hardened hearts might be brought to repentence and
return to you, O Lord. Lord, give us holy priests;
You yourself maintain them in holiness. O Divine and
Great High Priest, may the power of Your mercy accompany them everywhere and protect them from the
devil's traps and snares which are continuously being set for the souls of priests. May the power of Your mercy, O Lord, shatter and bring to naught all that might tarnish the sanctity of priests, for You can do all things.
-Blessed Maria Faustina Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament
I beseech You, direct the hearts and wills of the servants of Your Bride, the Holy Church, unto yourself
so that they may follow the poor, bleeding, humble, and gentle Lamb of God on the way of the Cross. Make them angels in the shape of men, for after all, they have to administer and distribute the Body & Blood of your Only Begotten Son! Amen!
Keep them, I pray Thee dear Lord.
Keep them, for they are thine ...
These priests whose lives burn out before
Thy consecrated shrine
Keep them, for they are in the world,
Though from the world apart.
When earthly treasurest tempt, allure,
Shelter them in Thy Heart
Keep them and comfort them
In hours of loneliness and pain,
When all their life of sacrifice
For souls seems but in vain.
Keep them and remember, Lord
That they have none but Thee
They have only human hearts,
With human frailty.
Keep them as spotless as the Host,
That daily they caress;
Their every thought and word and deed,
May you deign, dear Lord. To bless.
O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayers on behalf of your priests. Give them a deep faith, a bright and firm hope and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of their priestly life.
In their loneliness, comfort them. In their sorrows, strengthen them. In their frustrations, point out to them that it is through suffering that the soul is purified, and show them that they are needed by the Church; they are needed by souls; they are needed for the work of redemption.
O loving Mother Mary, Mother of Priests, take to your heart your sons who are close to you because of their priestly ordination and because of the power which they have received to carry on the work of Christ in a world which needs them so much. Be their comfort, be their joy, be their strength, and especially help them to live and to defend the ideals of consecrated celibacy.
O Jesus, Eternal Priest,
keep all Thy priests
within the shelter of Thy
Sacred Heart, where none
may harm them.
Keep unstained their
anointed hands which daily
touch Thy Sacred Body. Keep
unsullied their lips purpled
with Thy Precious Blood.
Keep pure and unearthly
their hearts sealed with the
sublime marks of Thy glorious
priesthood.
Let Thy holy love surround
them and shield them from
the world’s contagion.
Bless their labors with
abundant fruit, and may the
souls to whom they have
ministered be here below
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.
PRAYER FOR PRIESTS:
O, Jesus, I pray for Your faithful and fervent priests; for Your unfaithful
and tepid priests; for Your priests living 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.
Above all, I commend to You the priests dearest to me: the priest who baptised
me; the priest who confirmed me; those priests who have absolved me from
my sins; those priests at whose Masses I assisted, and who gave me Your
Most Precious Body and Blood in Holy Communion; those priests who taught
and instructed me; and those priests who have helped me in any way.
O, Jesus, keep them all close to Your Dearest Heart, and bless them abundantly
in time and in eternity.
PRAYER POEM FOR PRIESTS:
Keep them, I pray Thee, Dearest Lord; keep them, for they are Thine. Thy
priests whose lives burn out before Thy consecrated shrine. Keep them, for
they are in the world, though from the world apart. When earthly pleasures
tempt and allure, shelter them in Thy Heart. Keep them, and comfort them
in hours of lonliness and pain, When all their life of sacrifice for souls
seems but in vain. Keep them, and remember O, Lord, they have no one but
Thee. Yet, they have only human hearts, with human frailty. Keep them as
spotless as the Host that daily they caress. Their every thought, word,
and deed, deign, Dearest Lord, to bless.
Mary, Queen of the Clergy, pray for them.
Three Prayers for Priests
PRAYER ONE: O Jesus, Eternal Priest, keep all Thy priests within the shelter
of Thy Sacred Heart, where none may harm them. Keep unstained their anointed
hands which daily touch Thy Sacred Body. Keep unsullied their lips purpled
with Thy Precious Blood. Keep pure and unearthly their hearts sealed with
the sublime marks of Thy glorious priesthood. Let Thy holy love surround
them and shield them from the world's contagion. Bless their labors with
abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they have ministered be here below
their joy and consolation and in Heaven their beautiful and everlasting
crown. Amen.
PRAYER TWO: Keep them, I pray Thee, dearest Lord, Keep them, for they are
Thine - Thy priests whose lives burn out before Thy consecrated shrine.
Keep them, for they are in the world, Though from the world apart; When
earthly pleasures tempt, allure, - Shelter them in Thy heart. Keep them,
and comfort them in hours Of loneliness and pain, When all their life of
sacrifice For souls seems but in vain. Keep them, and O remember, Lord,
They have no one but Thee, Yet they have only human hearts, With human frailty.
Keep them as spotless as the Host, that daily they caress; Their every
thought and word and deed, Deign, dearest Lord, to bless.
PRAYER THREE: O 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 lonely
and desolate 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 priests who absolved
me from my sins; the priests at whose Masses 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 other way, O Jesus, keep
them close to Your heart, and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity.
Amen.
On the way up Mount Carmel, a journey quite far now,you're called to
the order of priest
Call the saints and the sinners, in God's eyes, all winners, to sit at the
table and feast.
With Elijah and Mary, your guides never erring, let all souls in Carmel
rejoice
For on Earth here below, like Elisha of Old, now the mantle is given
new voice.
The Interior Castle, through snakes and such hassles, its mansions
you've dared to explore
To arrive at the Center, with help from your Mentor, the Christ within
whom you adore.
Through the dark nights you handled, though feeling abandoned, the
candle of Love's living flame
With her burning detachments, in Love, She'll examine, as ev'ning of
life claims your name.
Oozing love from the Heart of our Church, you now start your vocation
ordained from Above.
With the eyes of a child, smelling roses strewn wild, you'll proclaim,
"God is Mercy and Love!"
Holding fast to Saint Albert, his Rule as your standard, you'll put on the
armor of light
And in cell, without word, keep the Law of the Lord, meditating on it
day and night.
Ah, the Carmelite mystic!! Sees everything Christic!! The summit
you've finally attained!
Now, come down off the mountain, share your heavenly fountain, with
all who are spiritually drained.
Christopher Kulig, O. Carm.
Whitefriars Hall, Washington, D.C.
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