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From May 8, feast of Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces, until July 1, 2026, feast of the Precious Blood of Our Lord, the Society of Saint Pius X invites the faithful to unite in a common supplication for the future bishops. This prayer asks God to raise up pastors filled with faith, charity, truth, and apostolic zeal, capable of guiding souls in fidelity to the Church and to Catholic Tradition.

 

PRAYER FOR FUTURE BISHOPS

To be recited daily from 8 May, the feast of Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces, until 1 July 2026, the feast of the Precious Blood of Our Lord.

Note: This prayer replaces the novena that Fr. John Fullerton, U.S. District Superior requested the faithful to pray.

Almighty and Eternal God, Who willest that all men should come to salvation and to the knowledge of the truth, Thou Whose Spirit sanctifieth and governeth the whole Body of the Church, we humbly beseech Thee, through the intercession of Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces, to provide for the needs of Thy Church by pouring out upon Thy elect the abundance of Thy grace.

May there shine forth in them the steadfastness of faith, the purity of charity, and the sincerity of peace.

May their speech and their preaching rest, not upon the persuasive language of human wisdom, but upon the Spirit and the power of God.

Tireless in external labour, may they preserve within themselves the fervour of the Spirit; may they hate pride, may they love humility and truth, never betraying it under the pressure of praise or of fear.

May they not make of darkness light, nor of light darkness; may they not call good evil, nor evil good.

May they be at the service of the wise as of the foolish, of the learned as of the ignorant, that they may gather the fruit of the progress of all.

Multiply upon them Thy blessing and Thy grace, so that, filled with godliness by Thy gift, they may at all times fruitfully implore Thy divine mercy.

Through Our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

℟. Saint Pius X.
℣. Pray for us.

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Our Lady of Pompeii is May 8.  This is the famous feast that ties in with the conversion of the former satanist, Blessed Bartolo Longo.  January 8th is Our Lady of Prompt Succor.  I am not sure of the May 8 Mediatrix history though.

In the 1962 Roman Missal, the Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of All Saints and Mother of Fair Love and the Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces are listed under May 8th along with the Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Beatae Mariae Virginis D. N. a S. Corde lesu).  This last is not present in the earlier two Missals.  Perhaps the two Masses were moved so that they would not conflict with the newly established Feast of Our Lady’s Queenship.  The Masses for the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Help of Christians and for Our Lady, Queen of Apostles are listed as they were in the two earlier Missals.