A Prayer for Priests
SANCTIFY to Thyself, O my Lord, the hearts of Thy priests, that, by the merits of Thy sacred humanity, they may become living images of Thee, children of Mary, and full of the fire of the Holy Ghost, that they may guard Thy house, and defend Thy glory, and that through their ministry the face of the earth may be renewed, and they may save those souls which have cost Thee all Thy blood. Amen.
Queen of apostles, pray thy Son, the Lord of the harvest, to send laborers into His harvest, and to spare His people.
To the Most Sweet Name of Jesus
MOST sweet, most amiable Jesus, how great and holy is Thy name — a name full of delight, a name of good hope — a name that comforts the saint and imparts strength to the sinner! What else is the name of Jesus but Saviour? Therefore, Jesus, for Thine own sake be to me Jesus. Good Jesus, kind and gentle Jesus, Thou zealous lover of souls; for the sake of this Thy blessed name, do to me according to Thy name. Lest I perish be to me Jesus! O Jesus, have mercy on me, while yet there is time for mercy: do not condemn me at the day of judgment. Thy name is our glory and our salvation, our everlasting hope and protection, our battlement impregnable, and our defense that can not fail. O Jesus, O my Saviour, my Lord and my God, my only life, blot out all my sins; free me from Thy wrath and from the power of the evil spirits. Open the eyes of my mind, that I may learn to despise with a pure heart everything that is merely of earth, whether pleasing or displeasing, and may think only of the things that are of heaven and eternal; and may my soul attain the strength to be forever intent upon the contemplation of eternal blessings. Faithful Jesus, kindly Jesus, Jesus full of mercy, admit me into the num-
