The Church announced this year as the "Year for Priests" which just started in July.<br/><br/>
“A Prayer For Priests”, written by John J. Card Carberry in his lifetime, is a very inspirational prayer, which speaks out for the majority of priests and of course represents my intention as well. Now let us respectfully record the prayer below:<br/><br/>
A Prayer For Priests<br/><br/>
Keep them, I pray Thee, dearest Lord,
Keep them, for they are Thine –
Thy priests whose lives burn out before
Thy consecrated shrine.<br/><br/>
Keep them, for they are in the world.
   Though from the world apart;
When earthy pleasures tempt, allure, --
   Shelter them in Thy heart.<br/><br/>
Keep them, and comfort them in hours
   Of loneliness and pain,
When all their life of sacrifice
   For souls seems but in vain.<br/><br/>
Keep them, and O remember, Lord,
   They have no one but Thee,
Yet they have only human hearts,
   With human frailty.<br/><br/>
Keep them as spotless as the Host,
   That daily they caress;
Their every thought and word and deed,
   Deign, dearest Lord, to bless.
Amen<br/><br/>
May I request you to offer your most sincere and earnest prayer for the priests that you know, do not know, like or dislike.<br/><br/>
Thank you to all.