DAY 46 – MARY, ASSUMED INTO HEAVEN, PRAY FOR US
WE’RE GOING IN! NOVENA FOR OUR NATION: AUGUST 15 – OCTOBER 7
BORDER WALKERS
Priest: Bishop Robert Barron says, “A priest prays for others, intercedes, and performs sacrifices. Priests are border walkers. They walk the border between heaven and earth. They are mediators as friends of God and friends of the human race. They bring divinity and humanity together. It means you must be a person of prayer – intercessory prayer – prayer on behalf of others. It pleases God to channel his providential care precisely through us and through the instrumentality of our prayer.”
Recall the last line of the Warrior Ethos: “I will never leave a fallen comrade.” Consider the recent Medal of Honor recipients who reportedly ran through a hail of bullets to rescue their comrades from the clutches of the enemy. It is very similar in the spiritual realm. When our loved ones are “dead in sin,” they are not only separated from God, but they lose their desire to seek God. Some become so far removed from God that they find repulsive all things spiritual. So, prayer, Holy Mass, spiritual reading, etc. all become boring and, to some, even detestable when they are dead inside: no Divine Life.
They are, quite literally, caught behind enemy lines (imprisoned in their worldliness) with no way out unless some campaign of search and rescue is launched. Does our love, care, and concerns for them extend to their eternal salvation? Remember the Warrior Ethos: “I will never leave a fallen comrade!”
St. John Vianney understood this critical need to call out to God in prayer on behalf of those caught in the clutches of the enemy and unable to save themselves:
“I can’t stop praying for poor sinners who are on the road to hell. If they come to die in that state, they will be lost for all eternity. What a pity! We have to pray for sinners! Praying for sinners is the most beautiful and useful of prayers because the just are on the way to heaven, the souls of purgatory are sure to enter there, but the poor sinners will be lost forever. All devotions are good but there is no better one than such prayer for sinners.” (Excerpt from my book, Church Militant Field Manual).
PRAY A ROSARY
Choose either:
Rosary of the Day: Sorrowful Mysteries
Traditional 54 Day Rotation: Joyful Mysteries
PETITIONS
US Grace Force Main Intentions
- May our Church and our country find hope as we unite at the foot of the cross.
General Intentions
- In reparation for our sins and the sins of the whole world
- For our own sanctification
- For the protection of life from natural conception to natural death, for an end to all abortions, contraception, and assisted suicide, for conversion and repentance of all abortionists and pro-choicers
- For the preservation and protection of the family and traditional marriage, for an end to same-sex marriage, the LGBTQ agenda, to cohabitation, for conversion and repentance of all those living in sin
- For an end and defeat to all ungodly idealogies, especially socialism, communism, liberalism, atheism, marxism, and gnosticism
- For the conversion of sinners, heretics, schismatics, idolaters, apostates, and lukewarm souls
- For our Holy Father, Pope Francis, for all Cardinals, Bishops, Abbots, Priests, Deacons, consecrated religious, lay ministers, and all the faithful, for their faithfulness, courage, and obedience to Jesus Christ and the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, for their sanctification, for their repentance and conversion, for their growth in holiness, and that they lead all those in their charge in holiness through words and actions
- For our President, for all Governors, all Mayors, Senators, Representatives, and all government civil and elected officials and servants, for their conversion and repentance, that the Holy Spirit guide and protect them and that they lead the people of the United States and their respective state and local governments with charity and justice
Personal Intentions
- Your own personal intentions
Dare to Live in Him 