A PRAYER FOR PRIESTS

LET US PRAY.

KEEP THEM, I PRAY TO YOU, DEAREST LORD

KEEP THEM, FOR THEY ARE YOURS.

YOUR PRIESTS WHOSE LIVES BURN OUT BEFORE

YOUR CONSECRATED SHRINE.

KEEP THEM, FOR THEY ARE IN THE WORLD.

THOUGH FROM WORLD APART;

WHEN EARTHLY PLEASURES TEMPT, ALLURE,

SHELTER THEM IN YOUR HEART.

KEEP THEM, AND COMFORT THEM IN HOURS

OF LONELINESS AND PAIN,

WHEN ALL THEIR LIFE OF SACRIFICE

FOR SOULS SEEMS BUT IN VAIN.

KEEP THEM, AND O REMEMBER LORD.

THEY HAVE NO ONE BUT YOU,

YET THEY HAVE ONLY HUMAN HEARTS

WITH HUMAN FRAILTY.

KEEP THEM AS SPOTLESS AS THE HOST,

THAT DAILY THEY CARESS;

THEIR EVERY THOUGHT AND WORD AND DEED,

DEIGN, DEAREST LORD TO BLESS. AMEN!

TAKEN FROM : NATIONAL SHRINE OF SAINT JUDE THADDEUS

CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUEGOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATION PRAYER LEAFLET.