O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayers on behalf of your priests. Give them a deep faith, a bright and firm hope and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of their ...

Lord Jesus, present in the most blessed sacrament, and living perpetually among us through your priests, grant that the words of your priests may be only your words, that their gestures be only ...

He said they would miss their priest greatly, adding: "He was a very kind and gentle man and people here had grown very affectionate and fond of him already in this short space of time so they ...