Prayers of a Faithful

I just finished watching an episode of Frontline on PBS titled "Secrets of the Vatican."  It raised a lot of interesting issues and gave a nice snapshot of how those issues eventually brought Pope Francis to the papacy.  I am a Catholic.  After watching the program, I'd like to offer the following prayers:

• May God bless and protect Pope Francis.
• May God bless, be with, protect and heal the victims of child sexual abuse by clergy.
• May God bring the perpetrators of child sexual abuse to justice.
• May God lead away from sin (in the form of coerced and manipulated selfish sexual gratification) any clergy, or any person, who considers sexually abusing a child, and lead them toward self-awareness of their weaknesses and awareness of how their considered actions would hurt innocent people.
• May God lead away from sin (in the selfish love of money and power) all mafia, whose criminal actions hurt other people, and lead them toward productive labor in the service of others.
• May God lead away from sin (in the form of pride, power, and arrogance) the Roman Curia and lead them toward humility in the service of others.
• May God bless the Church, that is the people who are the Church, to maintain its faith in God, despite the sins of others.
• May God bless our Archbishop, Charles Chaput, with the fortitude and sense of justice to act decisively and justly in response to any and all allegations of child sexual abuse by clergy in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
• May God bless the new priest, Father Estéban, at St. Charles Borromeo, with faith in action, with wisdom to learn and grow, with strength to persevere through any and all challenges, and with love of God to guide him throughout his life and priesthood.
• May God bless me, that I too may practice what I preach and lead by example to the best of my human ability in God's service.