Prayer for the election of a new pope
by Fr. Sam Fontana
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of the Cardinal electors gathered in Rome and kindle in them the fire of your love. Fill them with your manifold gifts and make them docile to your promptings.
Come, O Spirit of Wisdom, purify and sanctify their minds, that they may listen and speak in truth.
Come, O Spirit of Peace, bind them together in charity and make them one in mind and heart.
Come, O Holy Paraclete, make known to them the man you have chosen, who will lead the Church in holiness and fidelity to the Gospel.
Heavenly Father, in union with the whole, Church, we humbly and confidently beg you, with your Son, to send the Holy Spirit upon the Cardinals of the Church. Through the power and inspiration of the Spirit, may your will be perfectly accomplished through them. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
