AMERICA/COLOMBIA - In the Year of the Priesthood “Adopt a priest ” Prayer Campaign, to obtain for priests the spiritual strength necessary for the mission Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - The “Bonds of Marian Love” Movement based in Medellin

(Colombia), has launched a prayer campaign “Adopt a Priest” as part of the Year of the Priesthood opened on 19 June. The aim of the campaign is to pray for one priest “as a commitment for this Year of the Priesthood ”. As the Movement signals on its web site, the initiative aims to obtain from the Lord the necessary spiritual strength for priests, “in these difficult times with many temptations”.
“Very rarely in the history of the Church have priests been subject to so many attacks and temptations aimed at separating them from the mission to which the Lord has called them. They are systematically attacked by the enemies of the Church, certainly they too have human limits and need the help the Holy Spirit in order to be faithful every day ”, we read on the web site.
In this regard the Movement urges Catholics to join the prayer campaign: “with this private and special commitment we intend to pray for a particular priest and at the same time offer sacrifices so that all priests may receive from Jesus Christ the strength and the gift of perseverance for their redeeming mission”. (RG) (Agenzia Fides 24/6/2009)