Due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, the deacons were ordained by His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke without a congregation present. Although surely a great disappointment to the ordinands’ families that they were unable to be present for this remarkable event, many consolations can be found in the great graces received from the new priests!
Please say a prayer for them!
O Jesus, our High Priest, hear my humble prayer on behalf of Thy priests.
Give them a deep faith, a bright and firm hope and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of their priestly life.
In their loneliness, comfort them. In their sorrows, strengthen them. In their frustration, point out to them that it is through suffering that the soul is purified, and show them that they are needed by the Church, that they are needed by souls; they are needed for the work of redemption. Amen.