A Prayer for Pope Benedict XVI by the Knights of Columbus

As Editor-in-Chief of a Catholic centered magazine, I find the following prayer necessary to pass on. Please keep our Pope in your prayers as he is suffering during this time of persecution. May the Holy Sprirt give you strength, Pope Benedict. May Mary, together with Pope John Paul the Great in Heaven intercede on your behalf to Jesus for the strength to endure this time.







God Bless our Pope!








PRAYER FOR POPE BENEDICT XVI




Lord, source of eternal life and truth, give to your shepherd, Benedict, a spirit of courage and right judgment, a spirit of knowledge and love. By governing with fidelity those entrusted to his care, may he, as successor to the Apostle Peter and Vicar of Christ, build your church into a sacrament of unity, love and peace for all the world. Amen.




V. Let us pray for Benedict, the pope.





R. May the Lord preserve him, give him a long life, make him blessed upon the earth, and not hand him over to the power of his enemies.




V. May your hand be upon your holy servant.






R. And upon your son, whom you have anointed.






Our Father ... Hail Mary ... Glory Be...






Knights of Columbus


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