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A Prayer for our Priests and Seminarians By Sister Cory Woodcox
We thank you, God our Father, for all our priests and seminarians of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, who have responded to your call of priestly ministry. Accept this prayer that we, the faithful of Christ, offer on their be-half. Fill them with your love, your grace, and your strength. Open their hearts to the power and the fire of the Holy Spirit. Increase in them profound faith in the Sacraments they celebrate as they nourish, strengthen, and heal us. Lord Jesus Christ, grant that all our priests and future priests, will become holy priests. And may through their holiness inspire us by their example; men of prayer who ponder your Word and follow your Will. Protect them from all spiritual darkness and all forms of evil by placing them in the center of your Most Sacred Heart. Holy Spirit, come upon all our priests and seminarians and fill them with your light. Guide their steps as they guide us—the people of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe—to the gates of heaven by their teaching and their ministry. O Mary, Mother of Christ and our Mother, guard with your maternal care these chosen ones, our priests and future priests of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Intercede for them, that offering the Sacrifice of the Mass; they may be transformed more each day to the image of your Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Agustin Henderson Joseph Baltz 3rd Year College—Holy Trinity 1st Year Theology—Mt. Angel Seminary San Martin de Porres—Albuquerque St. Thomas Aquinas—Rio Rancho “I want to be a priest because “I want to be a priest to I truly believe God has called carry out God’s will in saving me to be one and I find joy His people through the in doing God’s will.” Sacraments.”
Holy Hour for Priests and Seminarians Aquinas Newman Center, located at 1815 Las Lomas St. NE; is hosting a Holy Hour with Rosary and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for all our priests and semi-narians of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Please join us, First Friday October 2nd at 6 AM. There will be music, Rosary, and Chaplet of Divine Mercy. The Holy Hour will end with Mass at 7 AM.
Joseph Archuleta 2nd Year Pre-theology—Holy Apostles St. Thomas Aquinas—Rio Rancho “I want to be a priest to show people the dignity Christ has bestowed on us.”
Jason Pettigrew 2nd Year Theology—Holy Apostles Our Lady of Guadalupe—Clovis “I want to be a priest so I can show the people and help them find the love and mercy God has given to me.”
Timothy Meurer 1st Year Theology—Mt. Angel Seminary “I want to be a priest to bring God to his people and bring God’s people back to God.”
John Kimani 2nd Year Theology—Holy Apostles St. Charles Borromeo—Albuquerque “I want to be a priest so I can help many souls get to heaven.”
David Gallegos 2nd Year Theology—Mt. Angel Seminary Immaculate Conception—Cimarron “I have felt the call to become a priest my whole life.”
Jordan Sanchez 4th Year College—Holy Trinity St. Thomas Aquinas—Rio Rancho “I want to be a priest because I continue to fall more and more in love with the Sacraments of the Holy Church.”