By Communications Department - Archdiocese of Miami

MIAMI | Here is the prayer that Pope Francis has asked people throughout the world to pray daily for the Oct. 4-25, 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family.

Speaking to those gathered for a general audience this March, on the feast of the Annunciation, the pope explained that "prayer is necessary" and this prayer "is for the good of everyone."

"The Church, as a mother, never abandons the family, even when it is disheartened, wounded, and mortified in so many ways; it will always do everything to seek to cure and heal it, to invite it to conversion and to reconcile it with the Lord," Pope Francis said. "So then, if this is the task, it appears clear how much prayer the Church needs in order to be up to fulfilling this mission at all times. A prayer full of love for the family and for life. A prayer that knows how to rejoice with those who rejoice, and to suffer with those who suffer."

Below is the prayer. Just click on the image to download and print it.