We don’t need to know who won the election to start praying for them.
“Do, Lord, direct their counsel according to that which is good and well pleasing in Your sight, that administering in peace and gentleness, with godliness, the power which You have given them, they may obtain Your favor.”
Clement of Rome (died in 99)
Clement, along with Polycarp and Ignatius of Antioch, is one of the early fathers of the Church. It is said that he was consecrated by Peter.
