Please Pray for the Pope!
A number of days ago, Pope Francis was hospitalized due to a respiratory infection. The Pope, who is 88 years of age, has spent three nights in the hospital. Thankfully, the Vatican says he is in stable condition, but nevertheless, let us pray for our Vicar of Christ on earth. “O God, shepherd and ruler of all the faithful, look favorably on your servant Francis, whom you have set at the head of your Church as her shepherd; Grant, we pray, that by word and example he may be of service to those over whom he presides so that, together with the flock entrusted to his care, he may come to everlasting life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.”