Pray with Pope Leo

January 11, 2026

Pray with the Pope is a global initiative of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network

With the first prayer intention of the year, Pope Leo XIV invites us to rediscover the transforming power of God’s Word, the Word in which “we find the light that guides our steps.”

Learn more about the process here

Rezar con el Papa es una iniciativa mundial de la Red Mundial de Oración del Papa.

Con la primera intención de oración del año, el papa León XIV nos invita a redescubrir el poder transformador de la Palabra de Dios, la Palabra en la que «encontramos la luz que guía nuestros pasos».

Reza con el Papa

If we love God, we will undoubtedly love our neighbour also; they are as cause and effect.

Retreat Instructions, p.147

This is your life, joys and sorrow mingled, one succeeding the other.

Letter to Francis Warde

If the love of God really reigns in your heart, it will quickly show itself in the exterior.

Retreat Instructions, p. 145

May God bless the poor Sisters of Mercy and make them very humble that they may not be unworthy of the distinguished blessings God has bestowed upon them.

Letter to Elizabeth Moore

[God] knows I would rather be cold and hungry than the poor in Kingston or elsewhere should be deprived of any consolation in our power to afford.

Letter to Teresa White