Lord Jesus, help us to understand more and more the great love with which you have loved us, with the sacrifice of your life, offered on the altar of the cross and presented to us in the great mystery of the Eucharist. We thank you for the gift you have given to your Church with the testimony of complete immolation and priestly generosity of your minister Don Stefano Gerbaudo. Spurred on by the strength of his example and helped by the effectiveness of his prayer, make us docile to your will and builders of love and peace in our environment. We also ask you, in a spirit of complete submission to your will, for the grace... which we await from you, trusting in the intercession of this priest of yours, from whom we hope a particular protection. Amen.

Stefano Gerbaudo

Pope Francis to the members of the National Council of AC Italiana, 30 April 2021