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Litany for Priests

For our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, Lord, give him Your Heart of the Good Shepherd

For the successors of the Apostles, Lord, give them father concern for their priests.

For Your Bishops chosen by the Holy Spirit Lord, keep them close to your sheep.

For Your Pastors, Lord, teach them to serve rather than to seek to be served.

For confessors and spiritual directors, Lord, make them docile instruments of Your Spirit

For those who announce Your Word, Lord, let them communicate Your Spirit and Life.

For those who help the lay apostolate, Lord, encourage them to give witness.

For those who work with the youth, Lord, may they commit the youth to You.

For those who work among the poor, Lord, make them see and serve You in them.

For those who care for the sick, May they teach them the value of suffering, Lord.

For poor priests, Help them, Lord.

For sick priests. Heal them, Lord.

For elderly priests, Give them joyful hope, Lord.

For the sad and afflicted priests, Console them, Lord.

For anxious and troubled priests, Give them your peace, Lord.

For the ridiculed and persecuted priests, Defend their cause, Lord.

For lukewarm priests, Inflame them, Lord.

For the discouraged priests, Give them courage, Lord.

For those who aspire to the priesthood, Give them perseverance, Lord.

To all priests Give them fidelity to You and to Your Church, Lord.

To all priests Give them obedience and love for the Holy Father, Lord.

To all priests, Let them live in communion with their Bishop, Lord.

That all priests, Be one as You and the Father are One, Lord.

That all priests, May promote justice with which You are just, Lord.

That all priests, Collaborate in the unity of the Presbyterate, Lord.

That all priests, filled with your presence, Live joyfully in celibacy, Lord.

To all priests, Grant them the fullness of your Spirit and transform them into Yourself, Lord.

In a special way, I pray for those priests through whom I have received your graces. I pray for the priest who baptized me and for those who have absolved me of my sin, reconciling me with You and Your Church.

I pray for those priests in whose Masses I have participated and who have given me Your Body and Blood as nourishment.

I pray for those priests who have shared Your Word with me, and for those who have helped me and led me to You.

For all priests, transform them into You, Lord. May the Holy Spirit possess them, and through them renew the face of the earth. Amen.

Divine Heart of Jesus, Heart full of zeal for the Glory of Your Father, we pray for all Your priests. By Your Holy Spirit, fill them with faith, zeal and love. Amen.

Porter said that the school endeavors to teach both lay and ordained members of the church to better serve. "What we're trying to do here is teach people to be able to minister alongside each other," he said. "I think if you want to position yourself as the preeminent Catholic school in the country, you have to have a strong theology department. If you feel the like the University is to serve the church, you would train people to actually serve the church."

I'm glad that there are more men interested in pursuing vocations, but frankly, having met people who were educated in their 'ministries' at Boston College, it makes me wonder sometimes just what they're teaching these folks. Their Catholicism is sometimes on the 'light' side.

WOW! that is great news!