God our Father,
You have chosen men as Priests from among Your people
to be faithful shepherds after your Son’s Sacred Heart.
Strengthen them to carry out their ordained ministry
with constant joy and genuine love,
striving for ever greater holiness.
Help them to serve Your people with humility and charity.
Inspire them with zeal to proclaim the Word, celebrate the Eucharist and live their lives as Christ’s presence in the world.
Keep Your Priests faithful to their vocation
as Your Son is ever faithful to Your Church.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, the High Priest
and Good Shepherd, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen.
Mary, Mother of all Priests, pray for us.
St. John Vianney, pray for us.
