As usual, the Pope has communicated in a video the prayer intention for the coming month. In this case, the theme for November is the Pope, with the motto: "For the Pope - Let us pray for the Pope, so that in the exercise of his mission he may continue to accompany in faith, with the help of the Holy Spirit, the flock entrusted to him".
We reproduce below the words spoken by the Holy Father in the video:
"Ask the Lord to bless me. Your prayer gives me strength and helps me to discern and accompany the Church by listening to the Holy Spirit.
By the fact of being Pope, one does not lose one's humanity. On the contrary, my humanity grows more and more each day with God's holy and faithful people.
Because being a pope is also a process. One becomes aware of what it means to be a pastor. And in this process he learns to be more charitable, more merciful and, above all, more patient, as is our father God, who is so patient.
I can imagine that all the Popes, at the beginning of their pontificate, had that feeling of fear, of vertigo, of the one who knows that he is going to be judged harshly. Because the Lord is going to ask us bishops to give a serious account.
Please, I ask you to judge with benevolence. And pray that the Pope, whoever he may be, today it is my turn, may receive the help of the Holy Spirit, may he be docile to that help.
Let us pray for the Pope, that in the exercise of his mission he may continue to accompany in faith the flock entrusted to him by Jesus and always with the help of the Holy Spirit.
[Moment in the video in which another scene of the Pope praying in a meeting is seen and he says: "Let us pray in silence this prayer of yours for me"].
And pray for me. Please.
