The Monthly Prayer Request for Priests

Will you pray for a priest each day?

O Jesus, Eternal High Priest, keep all Thy priests within the shelter of Thy Sacred Heart where none may harm them.  Keep unstained their anointed hands which daily touch Thy Sacred Body.  Keep unsullied their lips purpled with Thy Precious Blood.  Keep pure and unearthly their hearts sealed with the sublime marks of Thy glorious priesthood.

Let Thy holy love surround them and shield them from the world's contagion.  Bless their labors with abun- dant fruit and may the souls to whom they ministered here below be their joy and consolation and in Heaven their beautiful and everlasting crown.  O Mary, Queen of the clergy, pray for us; Obtain for us a number of holy priests. Amen.