Pope Leo XIV has urged Catholics across the globe to join him this November in praying for the proper use of wealth. Source: Vatican News.
He released the monthly “Pray with the Pope” video yesterday, which is prepared by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network.
In his prayer, Pope Leo recalls that everything we have comes from the Lord, including “fertile land, the talents we’ve received, the effort of those who came before us.”
“Nothing is ours alone – everything is a shared gift,” he said.
Yet, so often, the Holy Father observed, “we let the wealth we seek or attain harden our hearts, lock us in selfishness, and make us forget the most vulnerable.”
“Forgive us for storing up instead of sharing,” Pope Leo said, and “for using goods as power rather than as service.”
The Pope recalled that Jesus reminds us “that true wealth is not found in what we keep, but in what we give with love.”
He added that a heart detached from possessions “transforms the world,” for it “opens paths of justice, tears down walls of indifference, and sows hope among the poor”.
Therefore, he said, we ask you, Lord, that your Spirit teach us to use what we have, be it money, time, talents, or opportunities, as “instruments of fraternity”.
“May each economic, family, or community decision,” the Pope continued, “spring from a free heart, able to recognise that every good is meant for all, and that only by sharing we build the future.”
Finally, the Holy Father prayed, “Make us witnesses of a wealth transformed into service and mercy, so that our lives, united to the lives of others, may be a sign of your Kingdom of justice and peace. Amen.”
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Pope’s November prayer intention: ‘For the proper use of wealth’ (By Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News)
