Prayer for the Supreme Pontiff (Oremus Pro Pontifice Nostro)

V. Let us pray for our Sovereign Pontiff. R. The Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies. Let us pray: O Almighty and Eternal God, have mercy on Thy servant our Sovereign Pontiff, and direct him according to Thy clemency into the way of everlasting salvation; that by Thy grace he may desire those things that are pleasing to Thee, and perform them with all his strength. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.