# Prayer for Priests (St. Therese)
O Jesus, eternal Priest,
keep your priests within the shelter of Your Sacred Heart,
where none may touch them.
Keep unstained their anointed hands,
which daily touch Your Sacred Body.
Keep unsullied their lips,
daily purpled with your Precious Blood.
Keep pure and unearthly their hearts,
sealed with the sublime mark of the priesthood.
Let Your holy love surround them and
shield them from the world’s contagion.
Bless their labors with abundant fruit and
may the souls to whom they minister be their joy
and consolation here and in heaven their beautiful
and everlasting crown.
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Source: Opus Sanctorum Angelorum. *Formation Letters for the Formation Year towards the Consecration to the Guardian Angel and Membership in Opus Sanctorum Angelorum*. 2nd ed. Carrollton, OH: Opus Sanctorum Angelorum, 2021. [opusangelorum.org](https://www.opusangelorum.org)
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