Prayer for the Pope

Pro Pontifice
(For the Pontiff)

V. Let us pray for Benedict XVI, the Pope.

V. Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Benedicto Decimo Sexto.

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

R. Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius.

V. May your hand be upon your holy servant.

R. And upon your son whom you have anointed.

V. Fiat manus tua super virum dexteræ tuæ.

R. Et super filium tuum quia confirmasti tibi.

Let us pray. O God, the Pastor and Ruler of all the faithful, look down, in your mercy, upon your servant, Benedict, whom you have appointed to preside over your Church; and grant, we beseech you, that both by word and example, he may edify all those under his charge; so that, with the flock entrusted to him, he may arrive at length unto life everlasting. Through Christ our Lord.

Oremus. Deus, omnium fidelium pastor et rector, famulum tuum Benedictum, et quem pastorem Ecclesiæ tuæ præesse voluisti, propitius respice: da ei, quæsumus, verbo et exemplo quibus præest, proficere; ut ad vitam una cum grege sibi credito sempiternam. Per Christum Dominum nostrum.

R. Amen.

R. Amen.