Occasional Prayers

O Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of thy sheep, grant to all clergy the pastoral heart, that they may tend the flocks committed to their care. May they so follow thy example that they may know their sheep and be known of them; may they go after those that are lost until they find them; that so when thou, the chief shepherd, shall appear, they may receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away. Hear us from thy throne in heaven, where with the Father and the Holy Ghost thou livest and reignest one God, world without end.