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Prayers for
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ENGLISH
FRONT  PDF
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ENGLISH
BACK PDF
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FRENTE
ESPAÑOL
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ESPAÑOL
ATRÁS
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FRONT
FRANÇAIS
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FRANÇAIS
EN ARRIÈRE
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DAVANTI
ITALIANO PDF
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PARTE
POSTERIORE DI ITAILIAN
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DEUTSCHE
FRONT PDF
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DEUTSCH ZURÜCK
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FRENTE
PORTUGUESA
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PORTUGUÊS
ATRÁS
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World
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Prayers for Priests
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You came from among us
to be, for us, one who serves.
We thank you for ministering Christ to us
and helping us minister Christ to each other.
We are grateful for the many gifts you bring to our community:
for drawing us together in worship,
for visiting us in our homes,
for comforting us in sickness,
for showing us compassion,
for blessing our marriage,
for baptising our children,
for confirming us in our calling,
for supporting us in bereavement,
for helping us to grow in faith,
for encouraging us to take the initiative,
for helping the whole community realise God's presence among us.
For our part, we pray that we may always be attentive to your needs
and never take you for granted.
You, like us, need friendship and love,
welcome and a sense of belonging,
kind words and acts of thoughtfulness.
We pray, also, for the priests who have wounded priesthood.
May we be willing to forgive
and may they be open to healing.
Let us support one another during times of crisis.
God our Father, we ask you to bless our priests
and confirm them in their calling.
Give them the gifts they need
to respond with generosity and a joyful heart.
We offer this prayer for our priest,
Who is our brother and friend,
Amen
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St. Thérèse’s Prayer
for Priests
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St. Thérèse’s devotion to
the Priesthood is to be found in all its fullness in a prayer which
she used to say daily and which she learnt off by heart; this is all
the more remarkable in view of her known distaste for lengthy set forms
of prayer.
‘O Holy Father, may the torrents of love flowing from the sacred
wounds of Thy Divine Son bring forth priests like unto the beloved disciple
John who stood at the foot of the Cross; priests: who as a pledge of
Thine own most tender love will lovingly give Thy Divine Son to the
souls of men.
May Thy priests be faithful guardians of Thy Church, as John was of
Mary, whom he received into his house. Taught by this loving Mother
who suffered so much on Calvary, may they display a mother’s care
and thoughtfulness towards Thy children. May they teach souls to enter
into close union with Thee through Mary who, as the Gate of Heaven,
is specially the guardian of the treasures of Thy Divine Heart.
Give us priests who are on fire, and who are true children of Mary,
priests who will give Jesus to souls with the same tenderness and care
with which Mary carried the Little Child of Bethlehem.
Mother of sorrows and of love, out of compassion for Thy beloved Son,
open in our hearts deep wells of love, so that we may console Him and
give Him a generation of priests formed in thy school and having all
the tender thoughtfulness of thine own spotless love.’
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