Prayer for Priests, Three

Prayer to the Virgin Mary for Priests by Blessed John Paul II
O Mary, 
Mother of Jesus Christ and Mother of priests, 
accept this title which we bestow on you 
to celebrate your motherhood 
and to contemplate with you the priesthood 
of, your Son and of your sons, 
O holy Mother of God.

O Mother of Christ, 
to the Messiah-priest you gave a body of flesh 
through the anointing of the Holy Spirit 
for the salvation of the poor and the contrite of heart; 
guard priests in your heart and in the Church, 
O Mother of the Savior. 

O Mother of Faith, 
you accompanied to the Temple the Son of Man, 
the fulfillment of the promises given to the fathers; 
give to the Father for his glory 
the priests of your Son, 
O Ark of the Covenant. 

O Mother of the Church, 
in the midst of the disciples in the upper room 
you prayed to the Spirit 
for the new people and their shepherds; 
obtain for the Order of Presbyters 
a full measure of gifts, 
O Queen of the Apostles. 

O Mother of Jesus Christ, 
you were with him at the beginning 
of his life and mission, 
you sought the Master among the crowd, 
you stood beside him when he was lifted up from the earth
consumed as the one eternal sacrifice, 
and you had John, your son, near at hand; 
accept from the beginning those who have been called, 
protect their growth, 
in their life ministry accompany your sons, 
O Mother of Priests. 
Amen.

From the conclusion of the Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Pastores dabo vobis" on the formation of priests in the circumstances of the present day, March 25, 1992: