O Jesus, eternal Priest,
keep your priests within the shelter of Your Sacred Heart,
where none may harm them.
Keep unstained their anointed hands, which daily touch Your Sacred Body.
Keep unsullied their lips, daily purpled with your Precious Blood.
Keep pure and unearthly their hearts, sealed with the sublime mark of your glorious priesthood.
Let Your holy love surround them and
shield them from the world's contagion.
Bless their labours with abundant fruit and may the souls to whom they minister be here their joy and consolation and in heaven their beautiful and everlasting crown.
On this Easter Sunday, renew in Your priests deeper faith,
greater trust in You,
childlike reliance on our Mother Mary,
and unwavering fidelity to the Holy Father and their bishops.
Holy Mary, intercede for your priests.
St. Joseph, protect them.
St. Michael, defend them.
St. John Vianney, pray for them.
Amen
