Each month, Pope Leo invites us to enter into prayer with him and our global Church family.
Many of the issues that the Pope invites us to pray about are things that CAFOD is working with local experts across the world to address. From access to water, that everyone has enough food to eat, and respect for human life.
Join us each month as we unite our prayers with Pope Leo’s.
The Pope’s Prayer for January
For prayer with the Word of God
Let us pray that praying with the Word of God be nourishment for our lives and a source of hope in our communities, helping us to build a more fraternal and missionary Church.
In Mark’s Gospel, we hear Jesus being asked which of God’s commandments is the most important. Jesus answers:
"And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. (Mark 12:30-31)
Today I pray that the Word of God may nourish and inspire me in my daily life. May I be moved to show my love for God and my love for my neighbour more deeply through all that I do.
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