Saint John Vianney's Prayer To Jesus
Saint John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, composed his prayer to Jesus in the 19th century.
The prayer reflects Vianney's deep religious feelings, which were praised by Pope John XXIII in his encyclical Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia in 1959.
The prayer is quoted witin the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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