Praying for Priests: An Urgent Call for the Salvation of Souls - Paperback

by Kathleen Beckman (Author)

Priests are called to fight evil, but they cannot fight it alone. As attacks on the priesthood intensify, you have a vital role to play in supporting priestly renewal and vocations. Those men who have answered God's call depend upon you to wield the most powerful weapon against the evil one: prayer.

In this newly revised 2018 edition, celebrated retreat master and author Kathleen Beckman addresses the current abuse crisis facing the Church. She offers Church-approved ways in which you can contribute to the welfare of the Church. Priests, seminarians, consecrated religious, and laypeople will all benefit from insights into the indispensability of the Catholic priesthood, the mission of praying for priests in the context of the New Evangelization, testimonies of spiritual mothers and priests, and scriptural rosaries dedicated to priests, vocations, and reparation. Although both men and women are responsible for priestly renewal, Kathleen explains the special vocation of spiritual motherhood of priests. This vocation is embedded with graces that enable women to work together with Our Lady and the Holy Spirit for the sanctification of priests.

Holier priests lead to a holier Church. Because prayer is a source of grace and the mother of all virtues, you can call down showers of graces upon the priesthood. The Church and her priests need your prayers now more than ever, and here you'll find your special calling from God that must be fulfilled for the salvation of souls.

Included in this new edition are features, prayers, and topics such as:

• Expanded Chapter of Prayers, Devotions, Spiritual Practices.
• Lectio Divina at the end of each chapter.
• Current Crisis in Church: A Spiritual Battle Begs a Spiritual Response.
• The Ars Model: Priests, Warfare, Victory.
• The Urgency for the Salvation of Souls.
• "For Such a Time as This" (Esther 4:14).
• Holy Orders: Necessity, Beauty, Challenge.
• Priests Affect Our Growth in Holiness.
• Mary, Priests, and Spiritual Motherhood.
• The Role of the Laity.
• The Church's Vision.
• Rosary Reflections, Stations of the Cross, and Litanies of Reparation.
• Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat.

Front Jacket

History has taught us the power of intercessory prayer, and nobody is in more need of our prayers than Catholic priests battling on the front lines for the salvation of souls.Priests are called to fight evil, but they cannot fight it alone. As attacks on the priesthood intensify, you have a vital role to play in supporting priestly renewal and vocations. Those men who have answered God s call depend upon you to wield the most powerful weapon against the evil one prayer.

Celebrated retreat master and author Kathleen Beckman offers Church-approved ways in which you can contribute to the welfare of the Church. Priests, seminarians, consecrated religious, and laypeople will all benefit from insights into the indispensability of the Catholic priesthood, the mission of praying for priests in the context of the New Evangelization, testimonies of spiritual mothers and priests, and scriptural rosaries dedicated to priests, vocations, and reparation.

Although both men and women are responsible for priestly renewal, Kathleen explains the special vocation of spiritual motherhood of priests. This vocation is embedded with graces that enable women to work together with Our Lady and the Holy Spirit for the sanctification of priests.

Holier priests lead to a holier Church. Because prayer is a source of grace and the mother of all virtues, you can call down showers of graces upon the priesthood. The Church and her priests need your prayers now more than ever, and here you ll find your special calling from God that must be fulfilled for the salvation of souls.

Author Biography

Kathleen Beckman is a dynamic evangelist, best-selling author and Ignatian retreat leader who has served the Church for thirty years. She is often featured on Catholic TV and radio and had addressed laity, nuns, and clergy in thirteen counties on subjects such as prayer, the protection and promotion of marriage and families, intercession for priests, and living a Eucharistic life. In 2001 she was invested into the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem.Since 2008 Kathleen has served in the Church's ministry of healing, deliverance, and exorcism. She was on faculty for the Pope Leo XIII Institute for six years, completed the Association of International Exorcists Course at Rome's Pontifical Regina Apostolorum University in 2017, and serves as the diocesan administrator of exorcism and deliverance ministry. A member of the exorcist's team, she accompanies persons seeking liberation from evil spirits, and witnesses to Christ's victory.In 2013, with encouragem