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Catholic Caucus - Prayers for Priests
Canopy of Prayer
| Cardinal Carberry of St. Louis
Posted on 04/16/2002 8:05:03 AM PDT by history_matters
Prayer for Priests
A Prayer for Priests of the Latin Rite
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. Amen.
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 fo 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. Amen.
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To: father_elijah
141
posted on
07/16/2004 4:17:18 PM PDT
by
Askel5
To: All
BTTT on the feast of St. John Vianney. May all priests be blessed in their choice of a vocation.
142
posted on
08/04/2005 10:11:11 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: father_elijah; NYer; ELS; Salvation
this was father elijah's last post, I wonder how he's doing?
143
posted on
02/25/2006 4:01:17 PM PST
by
Coleus
(What were Ted Kennedy & his nephew doing on Good Friday, 1991? Getting drunk and raping women)
To: Coleus
I have wondered the same thing.
144
posted on
03/23/2006 9:25:08 AM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: All
-- The Beautiful Hands of a Priest--
We need them in life's early morning,
We need them again at its close;
We feel their warm clasp of true friendship,
We seek them when tasting life's woes.
At the altar each day we behold them,
And the hands of a king on his throne
Are not equal to them in their greatness;
Their dignity stands all alone;
And when we are tempted and wander,
To pathways of shame and of sin,
It's the hand of a priest that will absolve us--
Not once, but again and again.
And when we are taking life's partner,
Other hands may prepare us a feast,
But the hand that will bless and unite us--
Is the beautiful hand of a priest.
God bless them and keep them all holy,
For the Host which their fingers caress;
When can a poor sinner do better,
Than to ask Him to guide thee and bless?
When the hour of death comes upon us,
May our courage and strength be increased,
By seeing raised over us in blessing--
The beautiful hands of a priest.
145
posted on
03/23/2006 9:25:28 AM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: All
146
posted on
08/04/2007 9:15:13 AM PDT
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
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