Prayer For Priests
by ST. THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS
Keep them, I pray Thee, dearest Lord.
Keep the, for they are Thine-
Thy priests whose lives burn out before
Thy consecrated shrine.
Keep them, for they are in the world
Though from the world apart,
When earthy pleasures tempt, allure -
Shelter them in Thy heart.
Keep them and comfort them in hours
Of loneliness and pain
When all their life of sacrifice
For souls seems but in vain.
Keep them, and oh remember, Lord.
They have no one but Thee
Yet they have only human hearts
With human frailty
Keep them as spotless as the Host, -
That daily they caress -
Their every thought and word and deed,
Deign, dearest Lord, to bless.
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