For our Holy Father, Pope (name)

Lord, give him the Heart of the Good Shepherd.

For the successors of the Apostles

Lord, give them fatherly concern for their priests.

For your Bishops chosen by the Holy Spirit

Lord, keep them close to your sheep.

For your Pastors

Lord, teach them to serve rather than to seek to be served.

For confessors and spiritual directors

Lord, make them docile instruments of your Spirit.

For those who announce Your Word

Lord, let them communicate your Spirit and Life.

For those who help the lay apostolate

Lord, encourage them to give witness.

For those who work with the youth

Lord, may they commit the youth to you.

For those who work among the poor

Lord, make them see and serve you in them.

For sick priests

Heal them, Lord.

For those who care for the sick

May they teach them the value of suffering, Lord.

For poor priests

Help them, Lord.

For elderly priests

Give them joyful hope, Lord.

For the sad and afflicted

Console them, Lord.

For anxious and troubled priests

Give them your peace, Lord.

For the ridiculed and persecuted

Defend their cause, Lord.

For lukewarm priests

Inflame them, Lord.

For the discouraged

Give them perseverance,

For those who aspire to the priesthood

Lord. Give them courage, Lord.

For all priests

Give them fidelity to you and your Church, Lord.

For all priests

Give them obedience and love for the Holy Father, Lord.

For all priests

Let them live in communion with their Bishop, Lord.

That all priests

Be one as you, Lord, and the Father are One.

That all priests

May promote the justice with which you, Lord, are just.

That all priests

Collaborate in the unity of the Presbyterate, Lord.

That all priests, filled with your presence

Live joyfully in celibacy, Lord.

To all priests

Grant them the fullness of your Spirit, Lord, and transform them into yourself.

Let us pray: Divine Heart of Jesus, Heart full of zeal for the Glory of your Father, we pray for all your priests. By your Holy Spirit, fill them with faith, zeal and love. Amen.

Lord, have mercy.

Christ have mercy .

Lord, have mercy.

Christ, hear us.  Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of heaven,

Have mercy on us.

God the Holy Spirit,

Have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, one God,

Have mercy on us.

Holy Mary,

Pray for us.

Holy Mother of God,

Pray for us

Holy Virgin of virgins,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, patron of parish priests,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, model of the priesthood,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, glory of the diocesan priesthood,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, heroic in the practice of all virtues,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, humble of heart,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, lover of poverty,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, devoted to the conversion of sinners,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, mirror of purity,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, ardent lover of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, most devoted son of the Virgin Mary,

Pray for us.

God the Son, Redeemer of the world,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, courageous shepherd of his flock,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, martyr of the confessional,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, filled with the spirit of self-sacrifice,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, exemplary in obedience,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, terror of the demons,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, who was willing to suffer all things in order to sanctify his parish,

Pray for us.

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, who loved God without limits,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, who dedicated himself to the teaching of the Faith,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, who sanctified himself through heroic prayer and fasting,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, who found his joy and strength in the daily celebration of the Holy Mass,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, who was nourished by the Divine Office and the Rosary,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, who persevered through all difficulties,

Pray for us.

St. John Vianney, who models for us true priestly zeal and holiness,

Pray for us.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,

Spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,

Graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world,

Have mercy on us.

Pray for us, St. John Vianney,

That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray: All-powerful, merciful God, You made St. John Vianney admirable in his pastoral zeal and his constant ardor for prayer and penance. Grant that we, following his example and imploring his intercession, may win the souls of our brethren for Christ and with them attain to everlasting glory.

Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.