VATICAN CITY
Cardinal Roger Mahony Blogs LA
We have concluded our tenth and last General Congregation for the Cardinals, and we now await our move to Casa Santa Martha on Tuesday morning.
At 10:00 AM we will concelebrate a special Mass for the Election of the Pope in St. Peter’s Basilica.
May I commend to your daily prayer the Mass Prayer which we will all pray on Tuesday morning:
O God, eternal shepherd,
who govern your flock with unfailing care,
grant in your boundless fatherly love
a Pastor and Successor to Peter for your Church
who will please you by his holiness
and to us show watchful care.
Through Christ our Lord.
On Tuesday evening the Cardinal Electors will enter in solemn Procession the Sistine Chapel, chanting as we go the Litany of the Saints. There will be a spiritual reflection offered, and we will proceed to the necessary oaths. On Tuesday evening we will have our first secret ballot vote for the next Pope.
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