Prayer for our new Pope, Leo XIV
O God, eternal shepherd, look kindly upon your Church and bless our new Holy Father.
Guide him with your Spirit: of wisdom and understanding, of courage and compassion, of truth and holiness.
May he be a faithful successor of Peter, a rock for your Church, a voice of hope to the world, and a servant to the poor and forgotten.
Strengthen his words and actions, that they may lead all people to a deeper love of You.
Through the prayers of Mary, Mother of the Church, and all the saints, guard and bless our Pope and the whole Church.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.