Please pray for this priest. How sad to hear about this. God we pray that you receive him in heaven.
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Catholics in the Diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts are grieving the loss of 42 year-old priest Fr. Paul Archambault, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on July 2.
Oh, Mary Mother of Jesus Christ and Mother of priests,
accept this title which we bestow on you
to celebrate your motherhood
and to contemplate with you the priesthood
of, your Son and of your sons,
O Holy Mother of God.
O Mother of Christ,
to the Messiah-Priest you gave a body of flesh
through the anointing of the Holy Spirit
for the salvation of the poor and the contrite of heart;
guard priests in your heart and in the Church,
O Mother of the Savior.
O Mother of Faith
you accompanied to the Table the Son of Man,
the fulfillment of the promises given to the fathers;
give to the Father for his glory
the priests of your Son,
O ark of the Covenant.
O Mother of the Church,
in the midst of the disciples in the upper room
you prayed to the Spirit
for the new people and their shepherds;
A full measure of gifts,
O Queen of the Apostles.
O Mother of Christ,
you were with him at the beginning of his life and mission,
you sought the Master among the crowd,
you stood beside him when he was lifted up from the earth
consumed as the one eternal sacrifice,
and you had John, your Son, near at hand;
accept from the beginning those who have been called,
Protect their growth,
in their life ministry accompany your sons,
O Mother of Priests.
Amen.
-Blessed John Paul II
