Greetings Prayer Warriors,
Sleep deprivation got the best of me yesterday, and I am hoping with my increasing lapses that you are already in the habit of habitual prayer for marriage and family! (Frankly, by now you should be!)
With the duo of All Saints Day and All Souls Day upon us, we are reminded once again to PRAY! First of all, that we boldly choose a goal of sainthood and strive to attain it while on earth, and secondly, that we pray for the souls in purgatory, so that we have a whole league of new saints praying for us when/if we land there!
For no one can lay a foundation other than the one that is there, namely, Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, the work of each will come to light, for the Day will disclose it. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire [itself] will test the quality of each one’s work. If the work stands that someone built upon the foundation, that person will receive a wage. But if someone’s work is burned up, that one will suffer loss; the person will be saved, but only as through fire. 1 Corinthians 3:11-15
“The person will be saved, but only as through fire.” Purgatory exists for the saved, that they may be made clean.
All who die in God’s grace, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.
(CCC 1030, page 268)
So let us join in prayer to pray for sainthood, or at least that we and our families die in God’s grace! Let us also pray prayers of atonement for our relatives that have already passed.
Good and gracious God, you love each of us beyond our comprehension. Forgive us for the many times that we have taken such love for granted, ignored it, mocked it, and rejected it by choosing to sin against you. Help us with our daily choice to become holy and pleasing to you. Hear our prayers for loved ones who have strayed far from you and grant them the grace of conversion of heart. For those who have passed before us, lessen their time of purgation so that they may enter into eternal life. Hear our prayers for their souls, and in your mercy, bring them into your loving arms. Amen.
Eternal Peace, Joy, and Love,
Janet
Be bold! Be a saint! Pass it on!
