J.M.J.
January 12, 2018
Dear Family of Mary!
"...As a mother I implore you not to forget those whom my Son has called to lead you. Carry them in your heart and pray for them. Thank you..." (January 2, 2018)
Here are two prayers that can be prayed for our shepherds, our priests, bishops, deacons, and the Pope. Our Lady calls them "those whom my Son has called to lead you." Indeed, they have a very difficult calling. We owe them our love and prayers, because they have given themselves up completely for us. One prayer is by St. John Paul II, the other by St. Therese of the Child Jesus.
Prayer by Blessed John Paul II in Pastores Dabo Vobis
Mother of Jesus Christ and Mother of priests,
Accept this title which we bestow on you to celebrate your motherhood and to contemplate with you the priesthood of your Son and of your sons, O holy Mother of God.
Mother of Christ, to the Messiah Priest you gave a body of flesh through the anointing of the Holy Spirit for the salvation of the poor and the contrite of heart; guard priests in your heart and in the Church, O Mother of the Savior.
Mother of Faith, you accompanied to the Temple the Son of Man, the fulfillment of the promises given to the fathers; give to the Father for his glory the priests of your Son, O Ark of the Covenant.
Mother of the Church, with the disciples in the Upper Room you prayed to the Spirit for the new People and their shepherds; obtain for the Order of Presbyters a fullness of gifts, O Queen of the Apostles.
Mother of Jesus Christ, you were with Him at the beginning of His life and of His mission,
you sought the Master among the crowd,
you stood beside Him when he was lifted up from the earth consumed as the one eternal sacrifice, and you had John close by you, your son; accept from the beginning those who have been called, protect their growth, accompany your sons in their life and in their ministry,
O Mother of Priests. Amen.
Prayer of St Therese of the Child Jesus
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 (especially ...).
O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart,
and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen.
Mary, Mother of Jesus, pray with us for our priests!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2018
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