PRAYER
TO THE BLESSED MOTHER FOR PRIESTS
Servant of God John Paul II
From the Apostolic
Exhortation “Pastores Dabo Vobis”
O Mary,
Mother of Jesus Christ and Mother of
priests,
accept this title which we bestow on
you
to celebrate your motherhood
and to contemplate with you the
priesthood of,
your Son and of your sons,
O holy Mother of God.
O Mother of Christ,
to the Messiah - priest you gave a
body of flesh
through the anointing of the Holy
Spirit
for the salvation of the poor and
the contrite of heart;
guard priests in your heart and in
the Church,
O Mother of the Savior.
O Mother of Faith,
you accompanied to the Temple the
Son of Man,
the fulfillment of the promises
given to the fathers;
give to the Father for his glory
the priests of your Son,
O Ark of the Covenant.
O Mother of the Church,
in the midst of the disciples in the
upper room
you prayed to the Spirit
for the new people and their
shepherds;
obtain for the Order of Presbyters
a full measure of gifts,
O Queen of the Apostles.
O Mother of Jesus Christ,
you were with him at the beginning
of his life and mission,
you sought the Master among the
crowd,
you stood beside him when he was
lifted
up from the earth
consumed as the one eternal
sacrifice,
and you had John, your son, near at
hand;
accept from the beginning those
who have been called,
protect their growth,
in their life ministry accompany
your sons,
O Mother of Priests.
Amen
