This Is Pope Leo’s Prayer Intention for the Month of May| National Catholic Register

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of May is that everyone might have food&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of May is that everyone might have food&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;x&period;com&sol;Pontifex&sol;status&sol;2049839938951385549">video released on X<&sol;a>&comma; the Holy Father asked the faithful&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What do you feel about 318 million people experiencing acute hunger every day&quest;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We need to act&comma; but without prayer we will remain powerless&comma;” he said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This May&comma; I invite you to join me in prayer that we may seriously commit to avoiding food waste and to ensuring that everyone has access to quality food every day&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the full video shared on the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network website&comma; Pope Leo recites an original prayer written specifically for this month’s prayer intention&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here is the pope’s full prayer&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>In the name of the Father&comma; and of the Son&comma; and of the Holy Spirit&period; Amen&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Lord of creation&comma;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>You gave us the fertile earth and&comma; with it&comma; our daily bread&comma;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>as a sign of your love and providence&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Today we recognize with sorrow<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>that millions of brothers and sisters continue to suffer from hunger&comma;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>while so many goods are wasted at our tables&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Awaken in us a new awareness&colon;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>that we learn to thank for every food&comma; <&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>to consume simply&comma;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>to share with joy&comma;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>and to care for the fruits of the earth as a gift from you&comma;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>destined for all&comma; not just a few&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Good Father&comma;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>make us capable of transforming the logic of selfish consumption<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>into a culture of solidarity&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>May our communities promote concrete gestures&colon;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>awareness campaigns&comma; food banks&comma;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>and a sober and responsible lifestyle&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>You who sent us your beloved Son Jesus&comma;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>broken bread for the life of the world&comma;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>give us a new heart&comma; hungry for justice and thirsty for fraternity&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>May no one be excluded from the common table&comma;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>and may your Spirit teach us to see bread<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>not as an object of consumption&comma;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>but as a sign of communion and care&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Amen&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><i>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Pray with the Pope” is accessible on the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network <&sol;i><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;popesprayer&period;va&sol;"><i>website<&sol;i><&sol;a><i> and its digital platforms&period;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><br &sol;>&NewLine;<br &sol;><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ncregister&period;com&sol;cna&sol;this-is-pope-leo-s-prayer-intention-for-the-month-of-may">Source link <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;