Holy Spirit...
It is You who open the heart and the mind to the Divine call; it is You who make effective every impetus toward good, toward truth, toward charity...
Open the hearts and minds of men, so that a new flowering of vocations may show forth
the fidelity of your love, and all may know Christ,
the true light come into the world,
to offer to every human being,
the sure hope of eternal life. Amen.
--Pope John Paul II
O Lord Jesus Christ, great High-Priest, we ask You to call many worthy souls to Your holy priesthood. Enlighten the superiors in the choice of candidates, the spiritual directors in guiding them, and the professors in instructing them. Lead the seminarians daily in unerring footsteps, so that they may become priests who are models of purity, possessors of wisdom and heroes of sacrifice; steeped in humility and aflame with divine love; apostles of your glory and sanctifiers of souls. Amen.
