Vatican Releases Pope’s Monthly Prayer Intention for July

Vatican, July 4, 2025: Pope Leo XIV has released his prayer intention for July, calling on the faithful to pray for the grace to discern God's will in their lives. He invites Christians around the world to seek formation in spiritual discernment, so they may be able to choose the right path and reject whatever distances them from Christ. The monthly intention is part of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, encouraging prayerful reflection on real-life challenges faced by the Church and the world.

“Let us pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads us away from Christ and the Gospel.” Pope Leo XIV made this invitation in his prayer intention for July 2025, released in The Pope Video, which accompanies his monthly intention.

In the video produced by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, the Holy Father offers a prayer to guide Christians in our discernment process (see below).

He prays that the Holy Spirit may inform our decisions and that we may learn to listen attentively to God’s gentle voice.

In listening, he says, we learn to “discern the hidden paths of my heart” and understand what truly matters to God.

“I ask you for the grace to learn how to pause,” he prays, “to become aware of the way I act, of the feelings that dwell within me, and of the thoughts that overwhelm me, which, so often, I fail to notice.”

Pope Leo leads the viewer to pray that our choices may lead us “to the joy of the Gospel,” despite moments of doubt and fatigue, constantly seeking to begin anew.

“Because, at the end of the journey, your consolation is the fruit of the right decision,” he affirms.

The Pope concludes his prayer asking God to help us understand better “what moves me, so that I may reject what draws me away from Christ, and love him and serve him more fully.”

Courtesy: Vatican