Prayer, Oblta's life
The Oblate joins Jesus’ prayer: “I do not ask that you take them out of the world but that you keep them from the evil one. They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. Consecrate them in the truth. Your word is truth.” (Jn 17, 15-17). The Oblates of Christ Priest are, in earth, the uninterrupted prolongation of the priestly prayer “not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word… so that they may all be one”. (Jn 17, 19-21).
And while the Oblata sleeps, her sleep will continue to be a prayer “pro eis” and for the whole Church, which incessant goes up to Heaven.
Lord, have mercy , Lord, have mercy
Christ, have mercy, Christ, have mercy
Lord, have mercy, Lord, have mercy
Christ hear us, Christ hear us
Christ, graciously hear us, Christ, graciously hear us
God the Father of heaven, Have mercy on us
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Spirit,
Holy Trinity, One God,
Jesus, Priest and Victim, Have mercy on us
Jesus, Priest forever according to the Order of Melchizedek,
Jesus, Priest Whom God sent to preach the gospel to the poor,
Jesus, Priest Who at the Last Supper instituted the rite of perpetual sacrifice,
Jesus, Priest Who lives forever to intercede for us,
Jesus, High Priest Whom the Father anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power,
Jesus, High Priest chosen from among men,
Jesus, High Priest constituted for the sake of mankind,
Jesus, High Priest of our Faith,
Jesus, High Priest more glorious than Moses,
Jesus, High Priest of the true tabernacle,
Jesus, High Priest of the future goods,
Jesus, High Priest, Who are holy, innocent, and undefiled,
Jesus, High Priest faithful and merciful,
Jesus, High Priest inflamed with zeal for God and souls,
Jesus, High Priest made perfect forever,
Jesus, High Priest, Who by Your own Blood entered into the heavens,
Jesus, High Priest, Who have opened for us a new way,
Jesus, High Priest Who have loved us and washed us from our sins in Your Blood,
Jesus, High Priest Who offered Yourself to God as an oblation and victim,
Jesus, Sacrifice of God and men,
Jesus, holy and immaculate offering,
Jesus, pleasing victim,
Jesus, peace offering,
Jesus, sacrifice of propitiation and praise,
Jesus, offering of reconciliation and peace,
Jesus, offering in which we place our trust and have access to God,
From presumptions entrance into the clergy, Deliver us, 0 Jesus
From the sin of sacrilege,
From the spirit of incontinence,
From base pursuits,
From all stain of simony,
From the unworthy distribution of the goods of the Church,
From the love of the world and its vanities,
From the unworthy celebration of Your Mysteries,
By Your eternal priesthood,
By the holy anointing whereby You were constituted a priest by God the Father,
By Your priestly spirit,
By that ministry whereby You glorified Your Father on earth,
By Your bloody immolation realized once and for all upon the Cross,
By that same sacrifice renewed daily upon the altar,
By that divine power which You invisibly exercise in Your priests,
Deign to conserve the whole priestly order in holy religion, * We beseech You, hear us
Deign to provide Your people with pastors after Your own heart,
Deign to fill them with the spirit of Your priesthood,
Grant that the lips of the priests might preserve true knowledge,
Deign to send faithful workers into Your harvest,
Deign to multiply the faithful ministers of Your Mysteries,
Grant that they religiously persevere in the service of Your will,
Grant them meekness in the ministry, shrewdness in action, and constancy in prayer,
Grant that the cult of the Most Blessed Sacrament be promoted everywhere by them,
Deign to receive those who served You well into Your joy,
Lamb of God, Who take away the sin of the world, spare us, 0 Lord
Lamb of God, Who take away the sin of the world, graciously hear us, 0 Lord
Lamb of God, Who take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us, 0 Lord
Jesus, Priest, hear us
Jesus, Priest, graciously hear us