The Pope’s Intention MAY 2025

Let us pray that through work, each person might find fulfilment, families might be
sustained in dignity, and that society might be humanised.

Prayer on Waking
O God and Mary, your mother, who have safely brought us from sleep to another day, safely bring us through every trouble of this day and protect us, body and soul, from all evil.
Amen.

Morning Prayer
I rise up with God; may he rise up with me, and may his arm be around me, waking, sleeping and working.
May I bring God’s love and grace to all I meet this day and receive this grace from them.
Amen.

Evening Prayer
Father, as I lie down for sleep tonight, wash over me with the warmth of your love.
In your mercy, soothe my pain, whether in my body, mind or soul. Grant me a restful night of sleep so that when I awake, I’m strengthened to do your will.
Amen.

From Pope St John XXIII
• Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed, but with what is still possible for you to do. See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.
• Anybody can be pope; the proof is that I have become a pope.
• I want to throw open the windows of the Church so that we can see out and the people can see in.
• Justice comes before charity.