October 11 - Prayer to St. John XXIII

O humble and joyful Shepherdof loving Mother Church who desired so to bring her balm of mercy to a confused and bitter world, that it might become more fully human by imbibing of the fountain of her life-giving doctrine and so discover the love and peace it so desperately seeks in vain ideologies that pass like mist in the light of the Lord Jesus Christ – pray we all find our dignity in Christ and in the Church He founded for our salvation; pray the eternal Truth She teaches in His Name will not be obscured by Satan's wiles but take root in the soil of Christian love and be welcomed by all souls who desire to possess a smile of joy in the presence of God.