Posted on 16th April 2012 by Rev. Pius Collins
Today our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, now gloriously reigning, celebrates his 85th birthday, and on the 19th April he will celebrate the seventh anniversary of his election as Supreme Pontiff.Congratulations Holy Father, and long may you reign! Don't forget to include the Holy Father in your daily prayers, God strengthens the sheep by strengthening the shepherd!
V. Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Benedicto.R. Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat
eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius.
[Ps 40:3]Pater Noster…, Ave Maria….Deus, omnium fidelium pastor et rector, famulum tuum
Benedictum, quem pastorem Ecclesiae tuae praeesse voluisti,
propitius respice: da ei, quaesumus, verbo et exemplo,
quibus praeest, proficere: ut ad vitam, una cum grege sibi
credito, perveniat sempiternam. Per Christum, Dominum
nostrum. Amen.
V. Let us pray for Benedict, our Pope.R. May the Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make
him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the
will of his enemies. [Ps 40:3]Our Father, Hail Mary.O God, Shepherd and Ruler of all Thy faithful people, look
mercifully upon Thy servant Benedict, whom Thou hast chosen
as shepherd to preside over Thy Church. Grant him, we
beseech Thee, that by his word and example, he may edify
those over whom he hath charge, so that together with the
flock committed to him, may he attain everlasting life.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
