{"id":1123,"date":"2011-06-28T08:28:38","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T15:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?page_id=1123"},"modified":"2025-05-16T22:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T05:25:20","slug":"oremus-pro-pontifice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/prayers-and-meditations\/oremus-pro-pontifice\/","title":{"rendered":"Oremus pro Pontifice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Prayer for the Pope<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This ancient prayer for the Pope has been frequently set to music, including in the venerable <em>Liber Usualis<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" data-attachment-id=\"109593\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/pope-leo-xiv\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pope-Leo-XIV.jpg?fit=400%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pope Leo XIV\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pope-Leo-XIV.jpg?fit=400%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pope-Leo-XIV.jpg?resize=400%2C500\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pope-Leo-XIV.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pope-Leo-XIV.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pope-Leo-XIV.jpg?resize=120%2C150&amp;ssl=1 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><span style=\"color: #af0000;\">V.<\/span> Let us pray for Leo, our\u00a0Pope.<br \/><span style=\"color: #af0000;\">R.<\/span> 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.<\/td><td><span style=\"color: #af0000;\">V.<\/span> Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Leone.<br \/><span style=\"color: #af0000;\">R.<\/span> Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum eius.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"color: #af0000;\">V.<\/span> May your hand be upon your holy servant.<br \/><span style=\"color: #af0000;\">R.<\/span> And upon your son whom you have anointed.<\/td><td><span style=\"color: #af0000;\">V.<\/span> Fiat manus tua super virum dexter\u00e6 tu\u00e6.<br \/><span style=\"color: #af0000;\">R.<\/span> Et super filium tuum quia confirmasti tibi.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"color: #af0000;\">Let us pray.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">O<\/span> God, the Pastor and Ruler of all the faithful, look down, in your mercy, upon your servant, Francis, 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.<br \/>Through Christ our Lord.<\/td><td><span style=\"color: #af0000;\">Oremus.<\/span><br \/><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">D<\/span>eus, omnium fidelium pastor et rector, famulum tuum Franciscum, et quem pastorem Ecclesi\u00e6 tu\u00e6 pr\u00e6esse voluisti, propitius respice: da ei, qu\u00e6sumus, verbo et exemplo quibus pr\u00e6est, proficere; ut ad vitam una cum grege sibi credito sempiternam.<br \/>Per Christum Dominum nostrum.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"color: #af0000;\">R.<\/span> Amen.<\/td><td><span style=\"color: #af0000;\">R.<\/span> Amen.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ef9AADSx59Y?si=0pFhGq_h9FiR7un4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; 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