Today we remember all newly Ordained Priests and Bishops.
Reflection taken from the General Audience address on 5th May 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI (now Emeritus)
Dear Priests, experience the Liturgy and worship with joy
and love: it is an action which the Risen One carries out with the power of the
Holy Spirit in us, with us and for us. I would like to renew the invitation
made recently to "return to the confessional as a place in which to
celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation, but also as a place in which
"to dwell' more often, so that the faithful may find compassion, advice
and comfort, feel that they are loved and understood by God and experience the
presence of Divine Mercy beside the Real Presence in the Eucharist" (Address
to participants in the course on the Internal Forum organized by the Apostolic
Penitentiary, 11 March 2010).
Our Lady Mother of the Church, and Mother of all Priests pray for our Bishops and Priests.
Reflection taken from the General Audience address on 5th May 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI (now Emeritus)
Dear Priests, experience the Liturgy and worship with joy
and love: it is an action which the Risen One carries out with the power of the
Holy Spirit in us, with us and for us. I would like to renew the invitation
made recently to "return to the confessional as a place in which to
celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation, but also as a place in which
"to dwell' more often, so that the faithful may find compassion, advice
and comfort, feel that they are loved and understood by God and experience the
presence of Divine Mercy beside the Real Presence in the Eucharist" (Address
to participants in the course on the Internal Forum organized by the Apostolic
Penitentiary, 11 March 2010).
And I would also like to ask each priest
to celebrate and to live intensely the Eucharist which is at the heart of the
duty of sanctifying; it is Jesus who wants to be with us, to live in us, to
give himself to us, to show us God's infinite mercy and tenderness; it is the
one sacrifice of the love of Christ who makes himself present, who makes
himself real among us and arrives at the throne of Grace, at God's presence...
embraces humanity... and unites us with him (cf. Discourse
to the Parish Priests of the Diocese of Rome, 18 February 2010). And
the priest is called to be a minister of this great Mystery, in the Sacrament
and in life. If "the great ecclesial tradition has rightly separated
sacramental efficacy from the concrete existential situation of the individual
priest and so the legitimate expectations of the faithful are appropriately
safeguarded", this correct doctrinal explanation takes nothing "from
the necessary, indeed indispensable aspiration to moral perfection that must
dwell in every authentically priestly heart": there is also an example of
faith and the testimony of holiness, that the People of God rightly expect from
its Pastors (cf. Benedict XVI,Address
to the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Clergy, 16 March
2009). And it is in the celebration of the Holy Mysteries that the priest finds
the root of his holiness (cf.Presbyterorum
Ordinis, nn. 12-13).
A Prayer for Priests (and we can include our Bishops in this Prayer also)
Lord Jesus, you have chosen your priests from among us and sent them out to proclaim your word and to act in your name. For so great a gift to your Church, we give you praise and thanksgiving. We ask you to fill them with the fire of your love, that their ministry may reveal your presence in the Church. Since they are earthen vessels, we pray that your power shine out through their weakness. In their afflictions let them never be crushed; in their doubts never despair; in temptation never be destroyed; in persecution never abandoned. Inspire them through prayer to live each day the mystery of your dying and rising. In times of weakness send them your Spirit, and help them to praise your heavenly Father and pray for poor sinners. By the same Holy Spirit put your words on their lips and your love in their hearts, to bring good news to the poor and healing to the brokenhearted. And may the gift of Mary your mother, to the disciple whom you loved, be your gift to every priest. Grant that she who formed you in her human image, may form them in your divine image, by the power of your Spirit, to the glory of God the Father. Amen
Lord Jesus, you have chosen your priests from among us and sent them out to proclaim your word and to act in your name. For so great a gift to your Church, we give you praise and thanksgiving. We ask you to fill them with the fire of your love, that their ministry may reveal your presence in the Church. Since they are earthen vessels, we pray that your power shine out through their weakness. In their afflictions let them never be crushed; in their doubts never despair; in temptation never be destroyed; in persecution never abandoned. Inspire them through prayer to live each day the mystery of your dying and rising. In times of weakness send them your Spirit, and help them to praise your heavenly Father and pray for poor sinners. By the same Holy Spirit put your words on their lips and your love in their hearts, to bring good news to the poor and healing to the brokenhearted. And may the gift of Mary your mother, to the disciple whom you loved, be your gift to every priest. Grant that she who formed you in her human image, may form them in your divine image, by the power of your Spirit, to the glory of God the Father. Amen
Prayer from Intercession for Priests website Intercession for Priests
Our Lady Mother of the Church, and Mother of all Priests pray for our Bishops and Priests.
Let us Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy...
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