..For through the Spirit by faith we await the hope of righteousness… [Gal. 5:5 ]
We adore You O Christ and we praise You – because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
O Jesus my Lord and my God – grant me to enter into Your pain and trustful surrender to the Holy Will of our Father.
Lamb of God, My Divine Bridegroom – grant to me and all my brother priests true fidelity through chastity of body, mind, will, purity of heart – and loving gratitude for all the women in our lives, in particular for our mothers and ________________________.
O Jesus my Lord and my God – grant me to enter into Your pain and trustful surrender to the Holy Will of our Father.
Lamb of God, Divine Bridegroom of Your Spotless Bride, Holy Mother the Church – grant to me and all my brother priests a true love of Holy Mother the Church, fidelity to Her teachings, filial love and loyalty to our Holy Father Pope ____________ and to Bishop __________ and to all brother priests especially ________________ who is suffering.
O Jesus my Lord and my God – grant me to enter into Your pain and trustful surrender to the Holy Will of our Father.
Lamb of God, Divine Bridegroom, My Lover, with love and compassion You embrace the suffering of all women and comfort them, grant to me and all priests that same portion of Your Sacred Heart and like the Weeping Women of Jerusalem grant me the Holy Spirit’s gift of tears that my tears might co-mingle with Yours in true contrition for my own sins, those of my brother priests and of the whole world – especially grant me tears for all the unborn slaughtered in the womb and a servant’s heart for all women.
O Jesus my Lord and my God – grant me to enter into Your pain and trustful surrender to the Holy Will of our Father.
O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Priests – grant to me and all my brother priests the same love, respect and servant- hearts for all women that we have for you.
…this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception, to discern what is of value, so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God…[ Phil. 1:9/11 ]