2025 Conclave Novena Prayer
Composed by Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke
From Cardinal Burke:
“The Church and the world have arrived at a most turbulent moment in their histories which are intimately related, for the Church as the Mystical Body of Christ is the instrument by which Our Lord continues His mission which is the salvation of the world. For the mission of Christ, the mission of the Church, the Roman Pontiff, the Successor of Saint Peter, fulfills an essential, indeed critical, service. According to the will of Our Lord, he “is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 882).
The Sacred College of Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church will be soon gathering together in Papal Conclave to elect the Successor of Saint Peter, Vicar of Christ, Shepherd of the Universal Church. The intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title Our Lady of Guadalupe is greatly needed so that the Cardinals in Conclave will humbly obey the promptings of the Holy Spirit and thus choose the most worthy man to fulfill the service of the Roman Pontiff, the Vicar of Christ on earth.
Therefore, I ask that you join me in a Nine-Day Novena for the Papal Conclave…to Our Lady of Guadalupe, that she might plead for the Church at a time of great trial and danger, just as she came to the rescue of the Church at Tepeyac in 1531.”
Litany for all Voting Cardinals
A friend sent this litany to me. I don’t know where she got it, but it’s worth saying!
*** The Conclave begins May 7th and it usually only takes a few days for a Pope to be elected. ***