[Salvation]

BTTT for the priests, both those who have sinned through sexual abuse and homesexuality, and also for those who have walked the straight and narrow path prescribed by our Lord, Jesus Christ.

[Siobhan]

Thank you Salvation for pinging me to this thread. It takes my breath away just now, as if my father just called me on the phone to offer counsel and encouragement like he would do every Sunday evening.

I have been praying for complete revelation, complete reconciliation, and for the complete renewal of the Church. Likewise, I will pray for all priests and deacons with renewed vigor. My father always told me I should pray for the clergy (no matter if they were faithful or not), and I should pray for them until I wept tears for them. May God grant me a portion of my father's love for the priesthood and the diaconate in Christ. And may I beat my anger into prayers of blessing that are more effective before the face of God than all of my fuming and fretting.