Jan 19, 2024
O Holy Father of the Church,
Pastor of the sheep of our Lord
who have given your life freely
for the name of Christ
and its spreading
throughout the earth,
you whose blood was shed
by the persecutors
of the body
but whose soul
was ever in the Hand of God –
pray our lives
shall be lived in integrity
and our death correspond,
that a blessed witness
we too shall give
to the glory of God
and His Son Jesus Christ,
and so lead others
to that same glory.
May none of the flock
or their shepherds
fear the sacrifice of their lives.