In Meet John XXIII, by Patricia Treece, is a prayer that Don Roncalli (10 years a priest at that time), said while assisting his dying Bishop. At that time, in 1914, Pope Pius X was also dying, so the prayer included petition for the new Pope...
"Oh Jesus Crucified, I willingly offer you the sacrifice of my life,
in union with Yours on the Cross,
in atonement for my sins and the sins of my people,
for the Church, for the new pontiff,
my priests, my seminary, my country.
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