Jesus, Good Shepherd!
This coming 4th Sunday of Easter, also known as Good Shepherd Sunday, is a great time to remember and pray for those priests who have played an important role in the formation of our faith. I share this prayer with you so that we may continue to pray for our priests and the important role they play in our world.
PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
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 all close to Your heart, and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity.
Amen.
In addition to this prayer, think about saying a special rosary each day for our priests and for an increase in vocations! God bless you!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful prayer for Priests. It immediately reminded me of the wondeful Priests we had growing up: Fr. Keany, Fr. Brennan, Fr. Ogle and our Beloved Fr. Mueller, who is with GOD. May GOD continue to BLESS them ALWAYS.