What
a beautiful vocation we have!
We
must keep the salt of the earth!
We
offer our prayers and sacrifices
for
the apostles of our Lord;
we
ourselves must be their apostles,
while
they evangelize our brothers
by
word and example.
To
live for love, O Lord divine,
It's
asking Thee to fill with fire
The
hearts of all our priests and Thine.
Seraphic
purity may they acquire.
Protect
Thy Church. I am her child.
My
life I offer Thee. Is it enough?
I
pray to Thee so kind and mild.
I
live for love.
The
souls of priests I wish to be
Clear
and bright alike a star.
Each
one of them, for angels to see,
Before
he goes up to the altar.
To
grant us such a miracle,
O
God, a rosary we say.
We
pray before the tabernacle
On
our knees, all nigiht and day.
As
pure as the white Host may be
Thy
priests, these sacred chosen few.
For
all the world their lives to see.
Thy
friends who teach us in the pew.
May
they fulfill their ministry sublime
At
Eucharist and frequent preaching.
Accept
me in Thy plan divine
As
victim for Thy harvesting.