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Pope Leo XIV is calling the global Church to deepen its commitment to compassion, offering his first monthly prayer intention since his May 8 election as the 266th successor of Peter.
His June intention, announced through The Pope Video, invites the faithful to pray “that the world might grow in compassion.”
The Pope Video is an official initiative of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, a Pontifical Society whose mission is to mobilize Catholics in prayer and action for the Church and the world.
The video begins with the intention text: “That each one of us might find consolation in a personal relationship with Jesus, and from His Heart, learn to have compassion on the world.”
Accompanying the video is a prayer that expresses a desire to be drawn closer to Christ and shaped by His divine charity.
“Lord, I come to your tender heart today,” the prayer begins. “To You who have words that set my heart ablaze. To you who pour out compassion on the little ones and the poor, on those who suffer, and on all human miseries.”
It continues with a desire to grow in intimacy with Christ: “I desire to know you more, to contemplate you in the Gospel, to be with You and learn from You, and from the charity with which you allowed yourself to be touched by all forms of poverty.”
The prayer also reflects on the love of Christ revealed in His Sacred Heart — a theme especially fitting for June, which the Church dedicates to that devotion.
“Grant all your children the grace of encountering you,” the prayer concludes. “Change, shape, and transform our plans so that we seek only you in every circumstance: in prayer, in work, in encounters, and in our daily routine. From this encounter, send us out on a mission, a mission of compassion for the world in which you are the source from which all consolation flows. Amen.”
