O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble
prayers on behalf of your priests.
Give them a deep faith, a bright and firm hope,
and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of their priestly life.
In their loneliness, comfort them.
In their sorrows, strengthen them.
In their frustrations, point out to them that it is through suffering that the soul is
purified and show them
that they are needed by the Church;
they are needed by souls;
they are needed for the work of redemption.