Traditional Roman Catholicism
Prayers To The Sacred Heart For Priests
O JESUS, Eternal 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 abundant fruit, and may the souls to whom they have ministered be
here below their joy and consolation and in Heaven their beautiful and everlasting crown.
Amen.

O Mary, Queen of the clergy, pray for us;
obtain for us a number of holy priests.




‘O Holy Father, may the torrents of love flowing from the sacred wounds of Thy Divine
Son bring forth priests like unto the beloved disciple John who stood at the foot of the
Cross; priests: who as a pledge of Thine own most tender love will lovingly give Thy
Divine Son to the souls of men.

May Thy priests be faithful guardians of Thy Church, as John was of Mary, whom he
received into his house. Taught by this loving Mother who suffered so much on Calvary,
may they display a mother’s care and thoughtfulness towards Thy children. May they
teach souls to enter into close union with Thee through Mary who, as the Gate of
Heaven, is specially the guardian of the treasures of Thy Divine Heart.

Give us priests who are on fire, and who are true children of Mary, priests who will give
Jesus to souls with the same tenderness and care with which Mary carried the Little
Child of Bethlehem.

Mother of sorrows and of love, out of compassion for Thy beloved Son, open in our
hearts deep wells of love, so that we may console Him and give Him a generation of
priests formed in thy school and having all the tender thoughtfulness of thine own
spotless love.’

Saint Therese's Prayer For Priests