On May 13, we joyfully celebrated the Blessing of the Icon of Our Lady, Mother of Mercy (Our Lady of Ostra Brama or Our Lady of Vilnius). * * * This powerful image of Mary is now displayed in the gathering space, inspiring all who enter St. Mark’s. * * * Mary, Mother of Mercy, pray for all families of St. Mark's!
Habemus Papam!
Thanks be to God
for giving us a new Pope!
Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: Habemus Papam: Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum, Dominum Robertum Franciscum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Prevost qui sibi nomen imposuit Leonem DecimumQuartum
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I announce to you a great joy:
We have a Pope:
The Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord,
Lord Robert Francis
Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church Prevost
who has taken the name Leo the Fourteenth
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost
(a Chicago-born Augustinian priest,
a missionary and bishop in Peru),
Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops,
has become the Successor of Saint Peter,
Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome,
267th Pope of the Universal Church:
Pope Leo XIV
O God, Shepherd and Ruler
of all the faithful,
look favorably on your servant Leo,
whom you have set at the head
of your Church as her shepherd;
grant, we pray,
that by word and example
he may be of service to those
over whom he presides
so that, together with the flock
entrusted to his care,
he may come to everlasting life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Let us keep the Holy Father in our prayers! He needs them more than we think!