Prayer for Priests

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Risen Lord Jesus,
You love priests with all Your priestly Heart. Hear my heart-felt prayer for all of our Priests.
I pray for faithful and fervent Priests, for unfaithful and tepid priests, for priests who labor at home and abroad; for lonely and desolate priests, for young and old priests, for sick and dying priests; for the souls of Priests in Purgatory.

Merciful Heart of Jesus, remember that they are weak and frail human beings. Give them a deep faith, a bright and firm hope, and a burning love. I ask that in their loneliness You comfort them, in their sorrow You strengthen them, in their frustration You show them, that it is through suffering that the soul is purified.

Eternal High Priest, keep them close to Your Sacred Heart, and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen.