Ave Maria! Yesterday afternoon, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Holy See Press Office, issued a brief report on the proceedings of the first of the General Congregations of the College of Cardinals. The cardinals' meeting took place at 9:30am in the Synod Hall, which is located above the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican building created by the Italian architect Pier Luigi Nervi. Fr. Lombardi said that the cardinals opened with the “Veni Sancte Spiritus”. They followed with the “Adsumus” prayer, another prayer to the Holy Spirit which is attributed to St. Isidore of Seville and has been historically used at councils, synods and other Church gatherings for hundreds of years. Let us join our cardinal fathers in begging the Holy Spirit to lead and guide them as they gather together in His name to elect our new Holy Father.
THE ADSUMUS PRAYER
Teach us what we are to do and where we ought to tend; show us what we must accomplish, so that, with your help, we may be able to please you in all things.
May you alone be the beginning and catalyst of our judgments, who alone with God the Father and his Son possess a glorious name.
Do not allow us to disturb the order of justice, you who love equity above all things. Let not ignorance draw us to what is wrong. Let not partiality sway our minds or respect of riches or persons pervert our judgment.
But unite us to you effectually by the gift of your grace alone, that we may be one in you and never forsake the truth; inasmuch as we are gathered together in your name, so may we in all things hold fast to justice tempered by mercy, so that in this life our judgment may in no way be at variance with you, and in the life to come we may receive an everlasting rewards for deeds well done.
Amen.
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