Join the Mission
I want to pray for a priest
prayer every day
for a particular priest or priests
a commitment for life
support for vocations
Fill in the enrolment form
Please fill in the form carefully and check your details. Otherwise we may have difficulty delivering the parcel with the BMWK materials.
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Everyone who joins the BMWK receives
- a membership card with the prayers for a priest and for all the clergy,
- the BMWK prayer book,
- a welcome letter and leaflets about the BMWK.
In addition, if someone prays for a priest of their own choosing and wishes to tell him personally about that prayer, they also receive:
- a commemorative holy card for the priest,
- a letter from the BMWK for the priest,
- a leaflet about the work of the BMWK.
It is also possible for the priest to receive such a package directly by post from the BMWK — in that case the person praying remains completely anonymous.
Prayers for priests in the Bethany Mission
Members pray them daily for the priest entrusted to them and for all the clergy. Click a card to reveal the full text.
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit, Spirit of Wisdom, guide priests… (here we name the priest or priests) Holy Spirit, Spirit of Light, enlighten priests… Holy Spirit, Spirit of Purity, sanctify priests… Holy Spirit, Spirit of Strength, sustain priests… Holy Spirit, Spirit of God, grant that priests, enlivened and strengthened by your grace, may carry the word of truth and the blessing of peace to the whole world. May the fire of holy love set their hearts ablaze, so that in its flames they may cleanse and sanctify souls. Holy Spirit, I entrust to you the hearts of priests: shape them after the Most Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Amen.
Prayer to the Mother of God
Prayer to the Mother of God
Mary, Mother of Christ the Priest, Mother of priests throughout the world, you loved priests in a special way, for they are the living image of your only Son. Throughout your earthly life you helped Jesus, and now you intercede for us in heaven — we beg you, pray for priests! Pray to the Heavenly Father to send labourers into his harvest. Pray that we may never lack priests to give us the sacraments, to explain the Gospel of Christ and to teach us how to become children of God! Mary, ask God the Father yourself to give us the priests we need, for your Heart can obtain everything from him. Obtain for us priests who will be holy! Amen.
We are one great family
and a powerful intercession for priests. Let us remember that priests stand at the front line of the battle for our souls and pay a great price for it. Jesus himself prayed to the Father for the first priests in the Upper Room: „Keep them in your name, protect them from the evil one, sanctify them in the truth…”
What priests say about our prayer
The prayer of the faithful for priests is for a priest one of the most important sources of joy in the spiritual ministry he carries out for them. The weight of this prayer lies in the fact that — one might say — it builds up the human heart. The awareness that the faithful are praying for me, that they bless me, that they want to be with me especially in difficult moments, that in this way too they show me their affection, is a powerful support in my daily struggle with my weaknesses. Truly, all of this is greatly needed, for without your prayer I would be like a knight without armour in the middle of a battle to the death, because it is a battle to the death for life – eternal life.
