HABEMUS PAPAM!!!

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen

WE HAVE A POPE!!!!
How amazing and wonderful is that! God has given us a leader, a protector, a shepherd! And what a wonderful one he will be, I feel it!  I feel so thankful that the Lord would bless us with such a man!  He seems just the right guy for the job.

O Lord, we are the millions of believers, humbly kneeling at Your feet and begging You to preserve, defend and save the Sovereign Pontiff for many years.

He is the Father of the great fellowship of souls and our Father as well. 

On this day, as on every other day, He is praying for us also and is offering unto You with holy fervor the sacred Victim of love and peace.

O Lord, turn Yourself toward us with eyes of pity, for we are now, as it were, forgetful of ourselves and are praying above all for Him.

Unite our prayers with His and receive them into the bosom of Your infinite mercy, as a sweet savor of active and fruitful charity, whereby the children are united in the Church to their Father. 

All that He asks of You this day, we too ask it of You in union with Him. 

Whether He weeps or rejoices, whether He hopes or offers Himself as a victim of charity for His people, we desire to be united with Him.

We desire that the cry of our hearts should be made one with His.

Of Your great mercy, grant, O Lord, that not one of us may be far from His mind and His heart in the hour that He prays and offers unto You the Sacrifice of Your blessed Son. 

At the moment when our venerable High Priest, holding in His hands the very Body of Jesus Christ, shall say to the people over the Chalice of benediction these words: "The peace of the Lord be with you always", grant, O Lord, that Your sweet peace may come down upon our hearts and upon all the nations with new and manifest power.

Amen.
(Please add to the prayer these words: "I pledge loyalty and love for the Pope Francis I and for the Catholic Church")



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