Praying for Our Priests - Pray for priests and vocations
Praying for Our Priests - Pray for priests and vocations
Praying for Our Priests - Pray for priests and vocations
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GENERAL INTERCESSIONS FOR PRIESTS(All of the following intercessions may be used or the leader may select from the list)Leader: For the Holy Father, Pope (N.), protect him, Lord, <strong>and</strong>fill him with love <strong>and</strong> courage. Let him be a sign to thewhole world that he is truly the Vicar of Christ, thesuccessor of Peter, we pray to the Lord …All: Lord hear our prayer. Leader: For all shepherds of the Church, that they may havehearts after the Heart of the Good Shepherd, alwaysobedient to the Holy Father <strong>and</strong> all bishops incommunion with him, we pray to the Lord …All: Lord hear our prayer.Leader: For all <strong>priests</strong>, that they may be filled with the gifts ofthe Holy Spirit as they listen, preach <strong>and</strong> minister tothe people of God, we pray to the Lord …All: Lord hear our prayer.Leader: For all <strong>priests</strong>, that they may always teach, defend <strong>and</strong>remain faithful to the truths of the Catholic Church,<strong>and</strong> be willing to speak up or st<strong>and</strong> their ground whenthese truths are challenged, we pray to the Lord …All: Lord hear our prayer.Leader: We pray that all <strong>priests</strong>, as they celebrate Mass, mightapproach the altar with great love <strong>for</strong> Christ <strong>and</strong> a deep sense of reverence <strong>for</strong> the Sacred Mysteries they areabout to enter into, <strong>for</strong> this we pray to the Lord …All: Lord hear our prayer.Leader: That all <strong>priests</strong>, wherever they may be, will always beenlightened, inspired <strong>and</strong> compassionate ministersof the Sacraments, we pray to the Lord …All: Lord hear our prayer.Leader: That all <strong>priests</strong> responsible <strong>for</strong> teaching in our schoolsmay be gifted to teach with clarity <strong>and</strong> conviction asthey open the truths of the faith to the young, we prayto the Lord …All: Lord hear our prayer.Leader: That all <strong>priests</strong> will make every ef<strong>for</strong>t to pray <strong>and</strong> studythe Scriptures <strong>and</strong> grow in their knowledge <strong>and</strong> underst<strong>and</strong>ingof the teachings of the Church so as to beeffective preachers of the Gospel, we pray to the Lord …All: Lord hear our prayer.Leader: For all <strong>priests</strong> who guide <strong>and</strong> direct souls, especiallythose <strong>priests</strong> responsible <strong>for</strong> directing the souls of theirbrother <strong>priests</strong>, that they may be filled with the gifts ofthe Holy Spirit, especially wisdom <strong>and</strong> prudence, <strong>and</strong>be enlightened <strong>and</strong> equipped <strong>for</strong> this ministry, we prayto the Lord …All: Lord hear our prayer.19 20
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