Prayer for Priests

Father, Son and Holy Spirit, hear the prayers we offer for our priests.
Let them know clearly the work that You are calling them to do.
Grant them every grace to answer Your call with courage, love, and
lasting dedication to Your will.

Jesus, Good Shepherd, You sent us the Holy Spirit to guide Your Church
and lead her faithful to You through the ministry of Your priests.

Through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, grant to Your priests wisdom
in leading, faithfulness in teaching, and holiness in guarding Your sacred
Mysteries.

As they cry out with all the faithful, "Abba, Father!" may Your priests
be ever more closely identified with You in Your divine Sonship and offer
their own lives with You, the one saving Victim.

Make them helpful brothers of one another, and understanding fathers
of all Your people.

On each Pentecost Sunday, renew in Your priests deeper faith, greater
trust in You, childlike reliance on our Mother Mary, and unwavering
fidelity to the Holy Father and his bishops.

We ask Mary's intercession as their loving mother. Amen.