Calling for Worldwide Prayer for the Persecuted Church in China
PRAYER FOR CHINA
Burma Cardinal Charles Bo asked the world to join in prayer for the persecuted Church in China, as Pope Benedict did in 2008.
Global Rosary and Prayer for the People of China and Hong Kong from Sunday, May 23 to Sunday May 30th.
Below is the prayer composed by Pope Benedict XVI for the people in China:
Virgin Most Holy, Mother of the Incarnate Word and our Mother, venerated in the Shrine of Sheshan under the title: 'Help of Christians', the entire Church in China looks to you with devout affection.
Our Lady of Sheshan, sustain all those in China, who, amid their daily trials, continue to believe, to hope, to love. May they never be afraid to speak of Jesus to the world, and of the world to Jesus. In the statue overlooking the Shrine you lift your Son on high, offering him to the world with open arms in a gesture of love.
Help Catholics always to be credible witnesses to this love, ever clinging to the rock of Peter on which the Church is built.
Mother of China and all Asia, pray for us now and for ever.
Amen
Our Lady of Sheshan, ora pro nobis!
Our Lady, Help of Christians, ora pro nobis!
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