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Devotions
"Every priest knows that Mary, as Mother, is also the most distinguished modeler of his priesthood, since it is she who moulds the priestly soul, protects it from dangers, from routine and discouragement, and maternally safeguards it, so he may grow in wisdom, age and grace, before God and men"
-- Congregation for the Clergy (Directory on the Ministry and Life of Priests)
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Mother of Our Redeemer
Mother of our Redeemer,
in this era dedicated to you,
with great joy we call you blessed. You believed in
the Word of God the father and declared yourself His
handmaid, and so, through you, the Word became flesh,
and dwelt among us.
We salute you as Mother, our Mother, the Mother of
the Church. With what great love you must have watched
over the infant Church and what motherly solicitude
encouraged the apostles as they committed themselves
to carry on the work of Your Divine Son on earth.
Make the Church ever to be the sign and instrument
of intimate union with God.
To you, our Mother, we entrust in a special way our
Bishop and the priests of our diocese.
To them has been given a special sharing in the
priesthood of Your Divine Son. He has chosen them
to be ministers of His Word and Sacrament.
Ask Him to fill them with zeal, to keep them faithful
and joyful in His service, conscious of the fact that
they care and so bring glory to the father and honor
to the Church.
Holy Mother, increase the ranks of our priests by
inspiring our young people to be more generous in their
response to serve Jesus in the priesthood and in religious life.
Sustain all of us, O Virgin Mary, on our journey
of faith and obtain for us the grace of eternal salvation.
Amen.
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