BY Daniel Harkins | June 1 | 
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Support priests with closeness and affection, Holy Father says
In his general audience address, Holy Father asks for prayers during Jubilee of Priests
Pray for priests, Pope Francis told pilgrims in St Peter’s Square this morning during his general audience address.
“I invite everyone to pray the Heart of Jesus for the entire month of June and to support with closeness and affection your priests so that they always reflect the image of that Heart full of merciful love,” the Pope said.
Clergy from across the world are currently gathering in Rome for the Jubilee of Priests. More than 6000 priests and seminarians are expected to gather in Rome where they will began the first of three days of prayer and reflection from June 1-3 with pilgrimages to the Jubilee churches: St Salvatore in Lauro, St Maria in Vallicella and St Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini.
The Holy Father also used his general audience address to speak about the need for honesty and humility in prayer.
“True prayer is born of a heart which repents of its faults and failings, yet pleads for the grace to live the great commandment of love of God and neighbour,” the Pope told pilgrims, including some from Scotland. “Indeed, the proud disdain of the Pharisee for the sinner at his side prevents him from being righteous in God’s sight.
“To pray well, then, we need to look into our own hearts and there, in humble silence, let the Lord speak to us. The honesty and humility which God asks of us is the necessary condition for our receiving his mercy. The Blessed Virgin Mary is the model of such prayer. In her Magnificat, she tells us that God looks with favour on the humility of his servants, and hears their plea. May she, our Mother, help us to pray as we ought.”
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