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Devotions
"Oh, my Celine, we are living for the souls, we are apostles, let us save above all the souls of Priests. These souls should be more transparent than crystal. Alas, how many unworthy priests there are, how many priests who are not holy enough! We pray, we suffer for them and, on the last day, Jesus will be grateful" (LT 94)."
-- Saint Thérése of Lisieux
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For a Holy Church and Priests
O my Jesus,
I beg You on behalf of the whole Church:
Grant it love and the light of Your Spirit
and give power to the words of priests so that
hardened hearts might be brought to repentance and return to You, O Lord.
Lord, give us holy priests;
You Yourself maintain them in holiness.
O Divine and Great High Priest, may the power of
Your mercy accompany them everywhere and protect them
from the devil's traps and snares which are continually
being set for the souls of priests.
May the power of Your mercy, O Lord,
shatter and bring to naught all that might tarnish
the sanctity of priests, for You can do all things.
I ask You, Jesus,
for a special blessing and for light for the priests
before whom I will make my confessions throughout my lifetime.
Amen.
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