Prayer for Priests (St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus)

O Jesus, Eternal High Priest, keep Your priests within the shelter of Your Most Sacred Heart, where none may harm them.

Keep unstained their anointed hands, which daily touch Your most holy Body.

Keep pure the lips that are reddened with Your Precious Blood.

Keep pure and unearthly their hearts, sealed with the sublime mark of Your glorious priesthood.

Let them grow in love and fidelity to You, and shield them from the contagion of the world.

Give them, together with the power of changing bread and wine, also the power of changing hearts.

Bless their labors with abundant fruit and grant them one day the crown of eternal life. Amen.

St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus