Offering of the Precious Blood for Priests

O Most Holy Word! I offer You Your Priests,

and on their behalf

I offer whatever is most dear to You in heaven and on earth,

in union with Your most Precious Blood.

I pray that you enable them to conceive of the high degree to which they are exalted

and to hold in extreme abhorrence

whatever can dishonor their dignity or contaminate their lives. Amen.

~ St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi ~

Eternal Father,
I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus
for the sanctification of priests.

Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ, Eternal High Priest, Mother of all 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.

St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi: Special Mission

( Video posted for 5/22/09)

God revealed to her that the Church had need, of reform. All were called to contribute their share. She, furthermore, had a special mission: to remind religious and the higher dignitaries of the Church of the urgency of their task. The saint trembled at this revelation, because it contrasted so enormously with her humility; she would have preferred death a thousand times. Fearing that she was deceived, she spoke of the matter to her superiors and asked counsel of several religious known for their prudence and holiness of life, such as Father Angelus, the Dominican, and Father Fabbrini, the Jesuit (V, 9 /I, 153/). All encouraged her to follow God's commands without hesitation, since these commands were clear, decisive, and repeated; therefore, it was absolutely necessary that she obey. And for this reason «in her abstraction of mind, she wrote some letters, in favor of such a renewal, to the Supreme Pontiff and to other prelates and servants of God» (V, 1 /I, 145/). (Source)

Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ, Eternal High Priest, Mother of all 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.