Greetings and prayer for Pope Leone XIV
Blessed father,
With great joy and profound gratitude, we Paolini led our greeting and our filial affection. His election fills the heart of hope and gratitude to the Lord, who once again guides the Church with the wisdom of the Spirit.
In his first greeting, we have heard words of peace and missionary opening, an invitation to build bridges, to walk together as a synodal church, capable of welcoming and witnessing the love of Christ. As children of Blessed Giacomo Treirione, who felt debtor to every man and woman of all time, we recognize ourselves in his desire for an open and dialoguing church.
Our founder, deeply inspired by the encyclical “Futura Tametsi” of Pope Leo XIII, he made his vision of modern evangelization, capable of speaking to the heart of humanity. Today, seeing his missionary heart and his experience as a shepherd among the peoples, we renew our commitment to communicate and testify as Saint Paul, Christ Maestro away, truth and life through the means of social communication, as true craftsmen of an evangelical communication.
His being the son of Sant’Agostino recalls us to the beauty of the communion and the incessant research of God. Like Augustinian, she invites us to make our inner life vibrate to give it to the world, in the certainty that “I am a Christian with you, for you I am a bishop”. We too, a very good father, want to walk with her, supported by faith and prayer.
We assure you of our spiritual support and our apostolate to spread the good news of the Gospel, so that the world can experience that disarming peace that the Risen One gives us.
Don Roberto Ponti
Provincial superior
Prayer for Pope Leone XIV
Lord Jesus,
You who are the master and the shepherd of the Church, we make you thanks for the gift of Pope Leo XIV.
Assists your servant with the strength of your spirit, so that you can guide your people with wisdom and love.
Let his heart, modeled by Augustinian spirituality, always remains open to communion and dialogue, capable of building bridges of fraternity and peace. Give him the courage of the mission and the joy of evangelization, so that the Church, under its guidance, continues to be a beacon of hope for all peoples.
Mary, queen of the apostles and mother of the Church, accompanies Pope Leo XIV in her ministry and toasting the grace to renew our commitment to be apostles of communication and unity.
Blessed Giacomo Treirione, intercede for us and for the Pope, so that our apostolate is always at the service of the truth that frees and saves.
Amen.
