Traditional Catholic prayer
A Prayer for Priests
A traditional Catholic prayer for the holiness of priests, fruitful ministry, and priestly vocations.
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 613.
Sanctify to Thyself, O my Lord, the hearts of Thy priests, that, by the merits of Thy sacred humanity, they may become living images of Thee, children of Mary, and full of the fire of the Holy Ghost, that they may guard Thy house, and defend Thy glory, and that through their ministry the face of the earth may be renewed, and they may save those souls which have cost Thee all Thy blood. Amen.
Queen of apostles, pray thy Son, the Lord of the harvest, to send laborers into His harvest, and to spare His people.
About this prayer
Prayer source
With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 613.
View the printed prayer page.About our prayer sources- What it is
- A Prayer for Priests asks Our Lord to sanctify His priests, make their ministry fruitful, and send laborers into His harvest. It closes by asking Mary, Queen of apostles, to intercede.
- Prayer intention
- The holiness of priests, the salvation of souls, and laborers for the Church.
- When to pray
- In daily prayer for priests, when remembering a priest who has helped you, or when praying for priestly vocations.
- Languages
- English
- English prayer source
- With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 613. View the historical source. View the printed prayer page. Novena Regina provides the explanations above. The prayer text follows the source named here.
Traditional Catholic prayer
A Prayer for Priests
Source: With God: A Book of Prayers and Reflections (1911), Rev. F. X. Lasance, page 613.
Sanctify to Thyself, O my Lord, the hearts of Thy priests, that, by the merits of Thy sacred humanity, they may become living images of Thee, children of Mary, and full of the fire of the Holy Ghost, that they may guard Thy house, and defend Thy glory, and that through their ministry the face of the earth may be renewed, and they may save those souls which have cost Thee all Thy blood. Amen.
Queen of apostles, pray thy Son, the Lord of the harvest, to send laborers into His harvest, and to spare His people.