Where's Benedict? Praying for the Pope in the UK

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Heavenly Father, we give honor and praise to your name.
All power is from you and we thank you for the gift of your son,
Jesus Christ, and for his sacrifice for us on Calvary.

We humbly ask you to be with your servant, Pope Benedict,
as he travels to the United Kingdom.
Grant him strength, endurance, and the power of the Holy Spirit
to reach the many people who will come to see him,
as well as watch and hear him around the world.

Lord, we ask for you to be with the many people
who will see Pope Benedict in Scotland and England,
as well as those who will follow this trip but won't be there in person.
These children of yours come with hungry hearts and souls
that seek rest in a turbulent, often confusing world.
May they find the peace, strength, comfort and protection
for their own journeys, and then empower them to share their gifts
in their own parishes and churches,
adding to the blessings from this Papal trip.

For those who do not believe in you, we also pray.
May they come to know that there is a Savior,
A Father, who loves them, died for them
and accepts them as His very own.
May these souls find you as they seek the truth.

We pray for unity for Christ's Church,
that all Christians will unite in the truth
and the saving power of the Lord Jesus Christ.
It is in Jesus' name that we pray,
Amen.

-by Fr. Jonathan Morris, via The Anchoress, via Rocco


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