NAME: MUOGBO MICHAEL I.
COURSE: INTRODUCTION TO
PRAYER
LECTURER: REV FR. FAMORIYO
AUGUSTINE
PASSAGE: EXODUS 19:6
TITLE: PRAYER FOR PRIESTS
DATE: NOVEMBER 15TH,
2012.
MATRIC NO:
PRAYER
O
Lord, living light of eternal love look down on me humbly prostrate before you
in intercession for your priests. Lord, by your divine power and through the
Holy Spirit you anointed your only divine son, our saviour, Jesus Christ to be
a priest. For your concern for us and from your generous heart, you called some
men to share in the divine priesthood of your divine son, Jesus by consecrating
them to yourself from the ancient days of Aaron and the Levites down to our
time.
Lord Jesus, I thank and bless your
loving heart for the institution of the ministerial priesthood. Please Lord,
don’t forget your promise of everlasting priesthood in the priestly order of
Melchizedek to them (Psalm 110:4).
O Jesus eternal priest, give to your
priests the grace to live under the rules of the vows and promises they made and
keep them under the shadow of your divine priesthood. Shield them from worldly
dangers and give them the necessary graces to resist the temptations and
challenges that may come to them in this life. Guide and protect them under
your love and care. Give them the power to lead the flocks to the kingdom you
have promised.
O Lord I pray for your faithful and
hard working priests, bless their effort with success. I pray for your
unfaithful and lazy priests, bring them back to the knowledge of your divine
priesthood and the vows and promises they made. I also pray for your priests on
mission in many parts of the world, for your priests in the state of confusion,
for your abandoned and rejected priests, for your priests suffering
persecutions and for the souls of your priests in purgatory.
O Lord, I also pray for and
recommend to you the priests that are dearest to me: the priest who baptized
me, the priest who gave me your body and blood in holy communion, the priests
who absolved me from my sins, the priests who taught and instructed me, the
priests I assisted in their masses. O Lord keep them all close to your
loving-tender heart, do not abandon them for an instance, and bless them
abundantly in time and in eternity. AMEN
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