O JESUS, I pray for Thy faithful and fervent priests; for unfaithful and tepid priests; for priests labouring at home or abroad in distant mission fields; for tempted priests; lonely and desolate priests; for young priests; for dying priests; for the souls of priests in purgatory.

But above all I commend to you the priest who baptized me; the priests who absolved me from my sins; the priests at whose Masses I assisted and who gave me Thy Body and Blood in Holy Communion; the priests who taught and instructed me or helped me and encouraged me: all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way. O Jesus, keep them all close to your heart, and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen