Mission
The prayer of intercession is a response to our belief that the Holy Spirit is present and praying within the church, the whole body of Christ (Rom. 8:26).

As one acting "in the person of Christ", the first requirement for the priest is holiness of life (Par. 41). That is the primary focus of our intercessory prayer.

For the ordained minister of the gospel intercession is a mysterious participation in that prayer which the Holy Spirit prays within us; the prayer of Christ himself who"…in the days of his flesh…offered up prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears (Heb. 5:7)and is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them (Heb. 7:25)"

Intercession is an essential element of the eternal Priesthood of Jesus and of the priestly ministry. At the Intercession for Priests we pray for the intercessors as Jesus himself did. Simon, Simon, behold Satan desired to have you that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again, strengthen your brethren. (Luke 22:31-32)

Why Intercession for Priests?

There is only one priesthood-the Priesthood of Christ; there is only one saving sacrifice, that which Jesus offered on the cross. Through baptism, all of God’s people share in this priesthood in a spiritual and mystical way representing the Church-the Body of Christ. Ordained priests share in it uniquely because they represent Christ the Head of the Church. It is the ordained priestly ministry that makes it possible for the whole Church to exercise its spiritual priesthood because only the priest acting, in persona Christi, can make the offering of Christ really present among the people of God who unite with Him in offering themselves.