My dear brothers and sisters,
While wishing everyone a Happy 4th of July, I ask you to say a pray for our Holy Father, Pope Francis, who will be having surgery. We pray for his health, recovery and for his medical team.
An article about his colon condition can be found here.
A blessed Sunday to you!
-Msgr. Luke Sweeney
O God, shepherd and ruler of all the faithful, look favorably on your servant Francis, whom you have set at the head of your Church as her shepherd; Grant, we pray, that by word and example he may be of service to those over whom he presides so that, together with the flock entrusted to his care, he may come to everlasting life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.