A PRAYER FOR PRIESTS

LORD JESUS CHRIST, ETERNAL PRIEST, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR PRIESTS,
WHO MINISTER AMONG US IN YOUR NAME. BLESS THEM AND KEEP THEM,
THAT THEY MAY BE WISE AND GENTLE SERVANTS OF YOUR GOSPEL, FILLED WITH COMPASSION
FOR THE POOR, THE SICK, AND THE SINNER. IN THIS YEAR FOR PRIESTS,
MAY MANY GENEROUS MEN HEAR THE CALL TO PRIESTLY MINISTRY IN THE CHURCH.
AND MAY ALL YOUR HOLY PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD THE EARTHLY CITY,
WITH HEARTS SET ON THAT KINGDOM WHERE YOU LIVE AND REIGN
WITH THE FATHER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, ONE GOD, FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN.