19 July

St. Francis of Assisi’s exhortation

“I also beseech in the Lord, all my brothers who are, or who shall be, or who desire to be priests of the Most High, that whenever they wish to celebrate Mass, they be pure, and offer with purity and reverence the true Sacrifice of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ with a holy and perfect intention; not from any …

18 July

CHAPLETS FOR PRAYING FOR PRIESTS

Each individual part of the prayer lends itself well to prayerful repetition. A very busy person, who has a desire to spiritually support priests, could make a habit of repeating these prayers (or a favorite one of them) throughout the day, even when it is not possible to pray the entire chaplet or to keep count on rosary beads. The prayer time possibilities are as …

18 July

PRAYERS FOR PRIESTS

MORNING OFFERING PRAYER FOR PRIESTS: Most merciful Father, I offer Thee the prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day by placing them in the holy and venerable hands of Jesus, the Eternal High Priest, and by saying, as He did upon entering the world, “Behold, I come to do Thy will” (Hebrews 10:9). For the sake of all His priests, and in particular for …

10 June

SPIRITUAL MOTHER’S DEDICATION PRAYER

Eternal Father, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of the High Priest, I……… offer myself as a spiritual mother for the sanctification of priests. I ask for special graces and virtues to help me in my maternal role so that I may faithfully carry out this holy duty with humility, holiness and great zeal. I am not worthy to assume such a title and …

10 June

WHAT ARE THERESE AND VIANNEY CENACLES?

Therese and Vianney Cenacles are groups of men and women (Lay and religious) who are affiliated with the Apostolate of Prayer for Priests and, placing themselves under the intercession of St. Therese the Little Flower and St. John Mary Vianney, the Patron Saints of Priests, come together to pray for priests and vocations. Taking inspiration from the Congregation for the Clergy’s 2012 publication “Eucharistic Adoration …