PRAYER FOR FUTURE BISHOPS

 

PRAYER FOR FUTURE BISHOPS

 

Almighty and Eternal God, Who willest that all men

should come to salvation and to the knowledge of the

truth, Thou Whose Spirit sanctifieth and governeth the

whole Body of the Church, we humbly beseech Thee,

through the intercession of Our Lady Mediatrix of All

Graces, to provide for the needs of Thy Church by pouring

out upon Thy elect the abundance of Thy grace.

 

May there shine forth in them the steadfastness of

faith, the purity of charity, and the sincerity of peace.

May their speech and their preaching rest, not upon

the persuasive language of human wisdom, but upon

the Spirit and the power of God.

 

Tireless in external labour, may they preserve within

themselves the fervour of the Spirit; may they hate

pride, may they love humility and truth, never betraying

it under the pressure of praise or of fear.

 

May they not make of darkness light, nor of light

darkness; may they not call good evil, nor evil good.

May they be at the service of the wise as of the

foolish, of the learned as of the ignorant, that they may

gather the fruit of the progress of all.

 

Multiply upon them Thy blessing and Thy grace, so

that, filled with godliness by Thy gift, they may at all

times fruitfully implore Thy divine mercy.

 

Through Our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth

and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost,

one God, world without end. Amen.

 

℟. Saint Pius X.

℣. Pray for us.