Prayerbook, Litanies, Litany for Priests

God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, *

Jesus, our High Priest, Sacrifice and Teacher, *

Bless our Holy Father, Our bishops and Priests, *

Give them the strength of Thy grace, and the love of Thy Heart, and the spirit of sacrifice of Thine own life, *

Make them firm in faith, Holy in conduct, and faithful in Thy service, *

Fill them with the zeal of the Apostles, with the courage of the martyrs, with the spirit of the confessors, *

Grant that they may convert the sinners, correct the erring, teach the ignorant, *

Strengthen them with joy in their labors, with patience in their sufferings, with endurance in their struggle, *

Preserve them in love for the little ones, in zeal for the education of youth, in loyalty to people and country, *

Bless their words in the pulpit, their instructions in school, their admonitions in the confessional and at the sickbed, *

* We beseech Thee, hear us.