“Mother of the ‘true God, for whom we live,’ come to the aid of the Successor of Peter, that he may be a source of strength on the one path leading to the blessed Fruit of your womb for all those entrusted to me. Remind this son of yours, ‘to whom Christ entrusted the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven for the good of all,’ that these keys are to serve ‘the mission of binding and loosing, for the redemption of all human misery.’ And grant that, trusting in your protection, we may walk ever more united with Jesus and with one another, toward the eternal homeland which He has prepared for us and where you await us. Amen.”
/Leo XIV, December 12, 2025, on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe/
Mary, our Protectress, we join in the heartfelt prayer that the Holy Father Leo XIV offers to You, for him and for his ministry, on the anniversary of his election. We want to learn such trust in You, Mary, and such responsibility in our tasks—a responsibility that always sees and embraces others to whom God sends us, in the perspective of eternity. What prayer will I offer today? With what words will I entrust my life and my tasks to Mary’s care, so that there may be greater concern for those to whom You send me?