Fr. Mark Kirby's Morning Offering for Priests

The so-called Morning Offering is a simple way of freely choosing to "share in the sufferings of Christ through patience" -- that is, through the painful or costly things that may come upon us in the course of a day -- and of giving to those sufferings a supernatural worth. Thus do we begin to live in communion with Christ, Priest and Victim. This is why I pray, and invite others to pray each day:

The Morning Offering for Priests

Father most holy, *

I offer Thee the prayers, works,

joys, and sufferings of this day *

by placing them in the holy and venerable hands

of Jesus, the Eternal High Priest, *

and by saying, as He did upon entering the world, *

"Behold, I come to do Thy will" (Hebrews 10:9). *

For the sake of all His priests, *

[and in particular for Fathers N. and N.,]

I entreat Thy beloved Son to unite my offering

to the Sacrifice of the Cross,

renewed upon the altars of Thy Church *

from the rising of the sun to its setting (Malachy 1:11).

Most merciful Father, *

look upon these men chosen by Thy Son

to show forth His death until He comes (1 Cor 11:26); *

keep them from the Evil One (John 17:15) *

and sanctify them in the truth (John 17:17).

Bind them by a most tender love

to the Virgin Mary, their Mother *

that, by her intercession, *

they may be overshadowed by the power of the Holy Ghost (Luke 1:35)

in every act of their sacred ministry; *

thus may their priesthood reveal

the Face of Jesus and the merciful love of His Heart, *

for the fruitfulness of His spouse, the Church. *

and the praise of Thy glory. Amen.

~ Fr. Mark Kirby: excerpt from Share in the Passion of Christ Through Patience ~

Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ, Eternal High Priest, Mother of al priests and our Mother, help us respond generously to the Holy Spirit's request, through the voice of His Church, to offer up to God Eucharistic adoration for priests.  Amen.