Miracle Prayer to Saint John Vianney

Saint John Vianney,
Your childhood dream was to be a Priest,
to win souls for God.
You endured years of toil and humiliation
to attain the Priesthood.
You became a priest truly after God’s own heart,
outstanding in humility and poverty;
prayer and mortification.
Totally devoted to the service of God’s people,
the Church has exalted you as a model
and patron saint of all Priests,
trusting that your example and prayers
will help them to live up to the high
dignity of their vocation,
to be faithful servants of God’s people,
to be perfect imitators of Christ the Savior
Who came not to be served but to serve,
to give His Life in ransom for many.

Pray that God may give to His Church today
many more priests after His own Heart.
Pray for all the priests under your patronage,
that they may be worthy representatives
of Christ the Good Shepherd.
May they wholeheartedly devote themselves
to prayer and penance;
be examples of humility and poverty;
shining models of holiness;
tireless and powerful preachers of the
Word of God; zealous dispensers of God’s
grace in the Sacraments.

May their loving devotion to Jesus in the
Eucharist and to Mary, His Mother,
be the Twin Fountains of fruitfulness
for their ministry.


Amen.