June 19, 2009 to June 19, 2010
Christ the Great High Priest
The Holy Father explained "The aim of this Year for Priests is to support each priest's struggle towards spiritual perfection, 'upon which the effectiveness of his ministry particularly depends', and to help priests, and with them the entire People of God, to rediscover and revive an awareness of the extraordinary and indispensable gift of Grace which the ordained ministry represents, for the person who receives it, for the entire Church, and for the world which would be lost without the real presence of Christ". For this, he invited the faithful to pray "that the Lord inflame the heart of each priest" with the love of Jesus.
Let's pray for all priests for their "spiritual perfection". We remember especially those we came across in our past 25 years.
Fr Harry Payne, Fr John Speekman, Fr Joseph Ho, Fr Lucas Leung, Fr Matthias Mo, Fr Francis Kochupaliyan, Fr Norman Pena, Fr Nestor Candado, Fr Theodore Gillian, Fr Gerald Kelly, Fr Jojo Eloja, Fr Fernando Montano, Fr Joseph Yim, Fr Edward Khong, Fr Taylor, Fr Andrew Feng, Fr Noel Connolly, Fr Peter Kelly, Fr Dinesh Macwan, Fr Lito Layug, Fr Lionel Goh, Fr Thomas Carroll, Fr Andrew Feng, Fr Michael Yeung Ming-Cheung, Fr Muldoon, Bishop David Cremin.
Suggestions for us to observe the Year of Priests
* Pray the Rosary daily.
* Pray Divine Mercy Chaplet daily.
* Pray part of the Liturgy of the Hours or Divine Office which all priests pray daily.
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基督在伯多祿身上建立祂的教會。 藉着司鐸，每天奉獻彌撒聖祭，藉聖體祭獻，藉修和聖事，主耶穌親臨人間。讓我們感謝普世的司鐸回應主耶穌召叫，說一聲: 我願意。 在這年中，為他們祈禱，求主耶穌保守他們。
Please Pray for Priests
Dear Lord,
we pray that the Blessed Mother
wrap her mantle around your priests
and through her intercession
strengthen them for their ministry.
We pray that Mary will guide your priests
to follow her own words,
“Do whatever He tells you” (Jn 2:5).
May your priests have the heart of St. Joseph,
Mary’s most chaste spouse.
May the Blessed Mother’s own pierced heart
inspire them to embrace
all who suffer at the foot of the cross.
May your priests be holy,
filled with the fire of your love
seeking nothing but your greater glory
and the salvation of souls.
Amen.
Saint John Vianney, pray for us.
Litany for Priests
Jesus, you emptied yourself for our sake
fill our priests with your spirit of selfless love.
Jesus, you became poor for our sake,
enrich our priests with your spirit of generosity.
Jesus, you are the Word made flesh,
give our priests strength and energy to preach your Good news.
Jesus, you sought out the sick and rejected,
touch our priests with your healing power.
Jesus, you always trusted in the Father,
help our priests to trust in your promises.
Jesus, you were strong in the face of temptation and dejection,
support our priests in times of trial.
Jesus, you became the servant of all,
strengthen our priests for your service.
Jesus, you feed us with your body and blood,
nourish our priests with your compassionate concern for all.
Jesus, you died for us so that we may be free,
grant our priests the ability to bring that freedom to all people.
Jesus, you rose to glory and conquered death,
enliven our priests as messengers of hope to all.
Jesus, you are the image of the unseen God,
show your face to our priests.
Bless and care for our priests,
give them joy and peace in their service,
love for you and all your people,
confidence in your loving kindness, and
an ability to recover from their mistakes.
May the Holy Spirit give them renewed energy and
a creative impulse to proclaim the Good News to the
ends of the earth. Amen.
Mary, mother of us all, watch over all your children
especially our priests.
St. John Marie Vianney, patron of priests,
protect our priests with your constant intercession.
Lets us not to forget to pray for the soul of Fr Aidan Duggan. Fr Paul Jennings is currently working at Pacific Island (?).
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