Today, the Fathers offer the votive Mass ‘Pro eligendo Summo Pontifice’, for the election of the pope. Red vestments are worn, as this is a Mass invoking the Holy Spirit upon the Church, particularly upon the Cardinals who will enter the Conclave tomorrow to elect the next Successor of St Peter.

O God, eternal shepherd, who govern your flock with unfailing care, grant in your boundless fatherly love a pastor for Your Church who will please you by his holiness and to us show watchful care.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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