Pope Leo XIV I Catholic Theological Union

Julie Worch

Dear loving Father: Give our new Holy Father a deep love for the poor and Abandoned! May our Holy Father bring all the gifts He has from his seminary days and his missionary experience be an example to all the world. May he continue the great gifts that our Lord Jesus taught us in the Scriptures. May all of us in ministry support our New Pope Leo the 14th with prayers and sacrifices. Amen

Terese Burk

Thankful that the Holy Father will be walking in the footsteps of Leo the 13th. May he be blessed with making an even grander footprint of social justice. And may the good work done at CTU continue to inspire all!
Hallelujah!

José Rafael Astúa

Dios de infinita misericordia, que has iluminado a tu pueblo con la luz de tu palabra. Concede a tu hijo amado, León XIV, la paz que sobrepasa todo entendimiento, la sabiduría necesaria para afrontar los retos que encontrará al guiarnos en estos tiempos modernos y salud de alma y cuerpo que le permitan seguir fielmente tu llamado. Encomendamos también hoy su vida a la intercesión de la Santísima Virgen María Madre de Dios para que lo proteja de todo mal.
Esto te lo pedimos en el nombre de Jesucristo tu Hijo nuestro Señor.
Amén.

Paul Charles Friel

God bless the Pope!

Rodrigo Gris

Dios escuha nuestras oraciones. Nos unimos en comunidad para agradecer por tantas bendiciones. Gracias por la vida y el testimonio del nuevo encargado que haz elegido para nuestra Iglesia El Papa Leo XIV. Gracias por esta nueva etapa en la Iglesia. Danos los dones para seguir de cerca tu voz y cumplir tu voluntad. Queremos ser testigos de tu amor y de tu misericordia. AMEN.

Alexander Waller

Peace be with you, Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV.
Ad multos annos, Pope Leo XIV!

Beatriz Vera

May you continue to be aware of the Divine Intentions throughout your papacy.
You will always be in my prayers.
Beatriz
Mexico

Giovanna Huerta

Papa León XIV, que Dios lo acompañe en esta nueva etapa de su vida y que lo ilumine en cada uno de sus pasos para que su nombre pase a la historia como uno de los grandes agentes de cambio y de paz en el mundo, más allá de nacionalidades y religiones.
¡Bendiciones!

Jan Lonsway

Thank you, Heavenly Father, loving Jesus and gentle Spirit for giving us a new father to lead Your Church. Bless Pope Leo XIV whom your have chosen to guide us as be our Shepherd. Be with him and grant him all that he needs to be Your Icon within the world which is permeated with Yourself. Amen.

Rev. Dr. Claudia A. Ramisch

God:
When You created: You spoke and the dust rose in new shapes; You breathed and the dust lived.
We were naive and happy and confused and worried; dust is like that.
We tried to cloak ourselves to be beautiful, forgetting we already were.
We have tried so many things to cover ourselves—some very ugly and none worthy of us.
We have made many terrible messes of Your Holy World.
You always create us anew; even when we make our dust into hardened clay.
You Desire us for holy friendship.
You walk with us and speak with us to remind us who we are in You.
In our communities, Jesus is your Word and Spirit is your Breath doing that work of Creation.
Bless our brother, Leo, uniquely chosen to show You to us.
Bless our brother, Leo:
That he remembers who he is in You.
That he deepens his friendship with You.
That he walks with us and talks with us to remind us, too, of who we are.
That he shows us a way to stop posturing and clothing ourselves falsely.
That he speaks Jesus and breathes Spirit in all Your Holy World to create us all anew.
Then all the hard work of cleaning up the garbage on the street and the pain in our communities
will be a ministry we share with him and not an appointed drudgery.
Then we will share in your Holy Desire for each other.
May it be so! May it ever be so!

Matthew Kunkel

Holy God, we pray that your servant Leo will be faithful to the Gospel, faithful to the Christian people, and faithful to the mission of the Church. May the Spirit guide him in openness to all whom he meets, greets, and welcomes.

Krista Clements

Pray with me that Pope Leo embraces the emergent future of our Church. One that welcomes EVERYBODY into their baptismal call/purpose – regardless of denomination or faith tradition. May we be the antithesis to the hate and separation that the current US presidential administration seeks to cultivate.

Paul Jarzembowski

Holy Spirit, we come together before you in thanksgiving for working through the cardinals of the Catholic Church to bless us with Pope Leo XIV. Continue to breathe in him as he succeeds your servant Simon Peter and the many leaders who have followed in the fisherman’s footsteps. Give him the strength, courage, wisdom, and joy that he will need to be a witness to the world of your love and peace. We humbly ask this of you, in unity with the Father and the Son, now and forever. Amen.

Mary Dorsey

God bless you Pope Leo! May the spirit of CTU as a global community, open to Spirit, be with you. Know that we stand with you as sisters and brothers in mission, and great love.

Ikenna Nnaji

Oh Lord, it has pleased you to choose your servant Pope Leo XIV as your Vicar on earth. Confirm him firmly in the faith, inspire him with your Holy Spirit in all his activities throughout his papacy. Enrope him with your holiness so that his life will be your fragrance and letter of evangelism for the spread of your Good News through Christ our Lord, Amen.

Gloria Ulterino

For the Pope’s continual growth in goodness, and for ours.

Tina Carter

Dear Pope Leo XIV,
May the Lord bless and keep you and may the Lord’s countenance be with you as you begin this part of your journey to serve God and God’s people. May the Holy Spirit grant you the strength of grace, mercy and wisdom as you lead us in this vineyard. May your brother cardinals and all of God’s Holy people help and journey with you. Through the intercession of Mary and in Jesus name,
Amen!

Ikenna Nnaji

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20 decades of the Holy Rosary

Sister Jacqueline Power, CSJ

Father, Son and Holy Spirit bless Pope Leo XIV with wisdom and courage to guide the Church and serve a world which is in need of the love of God shown through guidance, justice and compassion. God bless our first Pope from the USA!

M.A. Johnson

In the warmest solidarity in prayer and gratitude for Pope Leo XIV, the leaders in the church and outside of, peace and blessings to all the followers, those of the faith and varying faiths. May our efforts in this life lead us to the glory we seek in the next. Amen.

Gardis Watts

We pray for you to be guided by the Holy Spirit for insight and wisdom.

Kascha Sanor

And peace be with you, our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV.
We receive you as one heart with many faces,
longing to share our lives and spiritual journey.
May God who loves all of us, lead through you arms wide open,
with a bold vision, synodal heart, and missionary steps.
As we walk together, forward and without fear,
may we never cease in our co-creation of peace and justice.
We pray with you to our Mother of Good Council…

David Austin

May his Holiness be constantly reminded of the words he uttered during his opening remarks as Pontiff: “God . . . loves all of us, without any limits or conditions.” May that unconditional love inspire him to move the Church forward in its acceptance and recognition of our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters within the Church as well as in its advocacy for their rights within civil society.

Jay Woods OFM

I continue to be so proud to be a graduate of CTU and grateful for my seminary education there! I pray that God continues to bless Pope Leo XIV and that he shepherd our Church never forgetting the poor, marginalized, and those who feel unheard and excluded by the Church. Like Pope Francis, may he hear the voices of LGBTQ+ Catholics who greatly desire to be welcomed, affirmed, and included in their Church. Amen.

Sr. Mary Shaw

That the Spirit of God continue to empower Pope Leo, so he can help the World and especially America (USA) to be attentive to the vulnerable; the voiceless; the imprisoned and the wealthy. To challenge us all to see God’s presence in ALL CREATION.

John Armstrong

May the grace of the triune God flood Pope Leo XIV with wisdom, peace and true power, both to love and to serve. As a non-Catholic ecumenist, and a long-time friend of CTU, I ask you dear Lord to bless all the faculty, staff and students of this very important school. Father, what an honor you have bestowed on CTU for which we all give thanks. May this election of the new pope bring increased missional opportunity to the work of CTU.

Chris Grubach

Lord, source of eternal life and truth, give to your shepherd a spirit of courage and right judgment, a spirit of knowledge and love. By governing with fidelity those entrusted to his care, may he, as successor to the Apostle Peter and Vicar of Christ, build your Church into a sacrament of unity, love and peace for all the world. Amen.

James G. R. Cronin

Prayer of Thomas Merton (1915-68)

“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust in you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone. Amen.”

John DeCostanza

We pray that our brother in Christ and fellow alumnus may have the strength, courage and wisdom to build the Church that God’s people long to be – present to the peripheries, prophetic enough to proclaim that all should live with love and mercy, and humble in relationships at every level – the global, the national, the local and familial, and the interpersonal.

Cristina Garces

Eternal God Father of Mercy, wisdom and love,
look at your son Pope Leo XIV that he may receive light, wisdom, and all the strength he needs guid the Church in the world. But most of all, that he Holy Spirit fulfill the hear of Pope LeoXIV with the Love of Jesus Christ to serve the Church and God’s creation. Amen!

Patrick Bittorf

Thanks be to God for our beloved alumnus! May he know the peace of Christ when the world rests on his shoulders.

Young Shin

Lord God,
Bless Pope Leo XIV with wisdom, courage, and compassion.
Guide his steps in truth and peace, and strengthen him to lead Your Church with love.
Amen.

Lord of Heaven and Earth,
We ask you to pour out your Holy Spirit upon our newly elected Pope, Leo,
That as Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church,
He may call us forth in the name of Jesus Christ the Good Shepherd,
That he may draw us near,
Closer together,
East and West,
North and South,
That we may be one, as you, the Son, and the Spirit are one.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God forever and ever.
Amen

Ever-faithful God, we entrust to you the direction of our universal church with our new shepherd, Pope Leo. We pray that you will always grant him the wisdom and strength to lead the church according the signs of the times. Amen.

Loving God, please open Pope Leo and all your people to all you want to do in and through us.
Thank you

A Franciscan Prayer for the New Pope

You are the Holy One, Lord God Most High,
the one who works wonders.
You are the strong one, you are the great one,
you are the Most High and Glorious God.
By Your Spirit, You have given us a successor to Peter—
our brother, Pope Leo XIV.
Bless him, O Lord, and guard him tenderly
as he begins this sacred ministry.
Show Your face to him, and have mercy upon him
Lord turn Your gaze upon him and give him peace.
Steady his steps with swiftness and clarity,
that he may walk the pilgrim path with joy and resolve.

Let him guide Your Church securely and joyfully,
leading us along the way of prudent happiness.
May he offer his vow to You, Most High,
in the pursuit of that perfection
to which the Spirit of the Lord has called him.
As our pontiff may he embrace the poor and crucified Christ.
Let him gaze upon Jesus, our Brother and Lord—
to consider Him, to contemplate Him,
and to desire always to imitate Him.

We pray all this for Your greater glory,
for our sanctification,
for the good of all the Church
and for the healing of the whole earth.
Amen.

Pope Leo, may your heart always be open to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. May your ears always be tuned to listen to the poor among us. May your feet carry you on the path of Jesus. With gratitude for your life of ministry and acceptance of this role of servant on the world stage. I pray…Amen

May our loving God continue to guide you as you serve as Pope of our church and as our brother bringing all people together as one! BLESSINGS!

Praying for your continued journey and continued openness and guidance of the Holy Spirit

Querido Papa León XIV
Dios bendiga la misión que te ha confiado.
Que el Señor te ayude a seguir abriendo caminos para la unidad y la reconciliación.
Que el mensaje de Jesús sea proclamado a través de tu voz y de tus gestos.
Que tu corazón nunca se olivide de los caminos misioneros que recorriste al lado de tu pueblo en el Perú.
Cuenta con mi oración y mi cariño

I hold Pope Leo XIV close in daily prayer. May God shine light and strength for the journey ahead. God has chosen him in this time and space to bring peace and acceptance to the world. Let the light of God surround and protect him always. We are blessed. Amen