
For the Election of a Supreme Pontiff
Pro Eligendo Summo Pontifice
Roman Missal
Oratio:
Súpplici, Dómine, humilitáte depóscimus: ut sacrosánctæ Románæ Ecclésiæ concédat Pontíficem illum tua imménsa píetas; qui et pio in nos studio semper tibi plácitus, et tuo pópulo pro salúbri regímine sit assidue ad glóriam tui nóminis reveréndus. Per Dóminum...
Collect:
We most humbly entreat Thee, O Lord, that Thy boundless goodness may grant as bishop to the most holy Roman Church one who shall ever be both pleasing to Thee, by his loving zeal in our regard, and, by his beneficent rule, deeply revered by Thy people to the glory of Thy Name. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son: Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end...
Secreta:
Tuæ nobis, Dómine, abundántia pietátis indúlgeat: ut per sacra múnera, quæ tibi reverénter offérimus, gratum majestáti tuæ Pontíficem sanctæ matris Ecclésiæ regímini præésse gaudeámus. Per Dóminum...
Secret:
May the abundance of Thy loving kindness grant unto us, O Lord, that by the sacred gifts which we reverently offer Thee, we may have cause to rejoice that a pontiff pleasing to Thy Majesty presides over the conduct of holy mother Church. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son...
Postcommunio:
Pretiósi Córporis et Sánguinis tui nos, Dómine, sacraménto reféctos, mirífica tuæ majestátis grátia de illíus Summi Pontíficis concessióne lætíficet: qui et plebem tuam virtútibus ínstruat, et fidélium mentes spirituálium aromátum odóre perfúndat: Qui vivis et regnas...
Postcommunion:
Since we have been refreshed with the Sacrament of Thy precious Body and Blood, O Lord, let the marvellous grace of Thy Majesty make us joyful by granting us a supreme pontiff who may both instruct Thy people in virtue and fill the hearts of the faithful with the fragrance of spiritual odors: Who livest and reignest.
Collect:
We most humbly entreat Thee, O Lord, that Thy boundless goodness may grant as bishop to the most holy Roman Church one who shall ever be both pleasing to Thee, by his loving zeal in our regard, and, by his beneficent rule, deeply revered by Thy people to the glory of Thy Name. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son: Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end...
Secret:
May the abundance of Thy loving kindness grant unto us, O Lord, that by the sacred gifts which we reverently offer Thee, we may have cause to rejoice that a pontiff pleasing to Thy Majesty presides over the conduct of holy mother Church. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son...
Postcommunion:
Since we have been refreshed with the Sacrament of Thy precious Body and Blood, O Lord, let the marvellous grace of Thy Majesty make us joyful by granting us a supreme pontiff who may both instruct Thy people in virtue and fill the hearts of the faithful with the fragrance of spiritual odors: Who livest and reignest.