In May of
2010 Pope Benedict XVI dedicated himself and all priests to the Blessed Mother, Mother of all priests, at Fatima . Here in
part is his prayer which we pray especially at this time:
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| Our Lady of Ransom ( Francisco de Zubaran- Spain 1629) |
Bride of
the Holy Spirit, obtain for us the inestimable gift of transformation
in Christ. Through the same power of the Spirit that overshadowed
you, making you the Mother of the Savior, help us to bring Christ
your Son to birth in ourselves too. May the Church be thus
renewed by priests who are holy, priests transfigured by the grace of Him who
makes all things new.
Mother of
Mercy, it was your Son Jesus who called us to become like Him: light
of the world and salt of the earth.
Help
us, through your powerful intercession, never to fall short of this
sublime vocation, nor to give way to our selfishness, to the
allurements of the world and to the wiles of the Evil One.
Preserve us
with your purity, guard us with your humility and enfold us with your
maternal love that is reflected in so many souls consecrated to
you, who have become for us true spiritual mothers.
Mother of
the Church, we priests want to be pastors who do not feed
themselves but rather give themselves to God for their
brethren, finding their happiness in this. Not only with words, but
with our lives, we want to repeat humbly, day after day, our “here I
am.”
Guided by
you, we want to be Apostles of Divine Mercy, glad to celebrate
every day the Holy Sacrifice of the Altar and to offer to those who
request it the sacrament of Reconciliation.
Advocate
and Mediatrix of grace, you who are fully immersed in the one
universal mediation of Christ, invoke upon us, from God, a heart
completely renewed that loves God with all its strength and serves
mankind as you did…
Our Mother
for all time, do not tire of “visiting us”, consoling us, sustaining
us. Come to our aid and deliver us from every danger that
threatens us. With this act of entrustment and consecration, we wish
to welcome you more deeply, more radically, for ever and
totally into our human and priestly lives.
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| Mother of Mercy |
Let your
presence cause new blooms to burst forth in the desert of our
loneliness, let it cause the sun to shine on our darkness, let it
restore calm after the tempest, so that all mankind shall see the
salvation of the Lord, who has the name and the face of Jesus, who is
reflected in our hearts, for ever united to yours! Amen
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