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“Youth is the period of preparation for marriage; the purity of young people is the guarantee of future happy marriages. Even in their thoughts they must regard themselves and those whom they meet as sacred, and the power that God meant to be used through the Sacrament of Matrimony as a splendid and holy thing”. -Fr. Daniel A. Lord, 1950's

°Teach your daughters that one of the noblest things that they can do is to be a wife and mother.°

•”A woman by her very nature is maternal for every woman, whether…. married or unmarried, is called upon to be a biological, psychological or spiritual mother-she knows intuitively that to give, to nurture, to care for others, to suffer with and for them-for maternity implies suffering which is infinitely more valuable in God's sight than to conquer nations and fly to the moon”
-Alice von Hildebrand•

•PRAYER FOR THE SOULS OF OUR PARENTS-month of the Holy Souls

“O God, Who hast commanded us to honour our father and mother, look in the tenderness of Your mercy upon the souls of my father and mother and forgive them their sins and grant unto me the joy of seeing them again in the glorious light of everlasting life.
Through Christ our Lord
Amen”•

A Prayer Addressed to the Poor Souls in Purgatory

O HOLY SOULS in Purgatory, thou art the certain heirs of Heaven. Thou art most dear to Jesus, as the trophies of His Precious Blood, and to Mary, Mother of Mercy. Obtain for me, through thine intercession, the grace to lead a holy life, to die a happy death, and to attain to the blessedness of eternity in Heaven.

Dear suffering souls, who long to be delivered in order to praise and glorify God in Heaven, by thine unfailing pity, help me in the needs which distress me at this time, particularly (here mention your request), so that I may obtain relief and assistance from God.

In gratitude for this intercession, I offer to God on thy behalf the satisfactory merits of my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day (week, month, or whatever space of time you wish to designate). Amen.


~ As found in Stories about Purgatory And What They Reveal: 30 Days For The Holy Souls.

•If you want to change the world for the better, go home and love your family…
since family makes the home and home makes the nation•

•Your children will not remember how great of an employee you were or how cushioned your bank account was, but they will remember if you were there for them or not•

•Oh, St. Joseph, whose protection is so great, so prompt, so strong, before the throne of God, I place in you all my interests and desires. Oh, St. Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession, and obtain for me from your Divine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. So that, having engaged here below your heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most loving of fathers.
Oh, St. Joseph, I never weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms; I dare not approach while he reposes near your heart. Press him in my name and kiss his fine head for me and ask him to return the kiss when I draw my dying breath.
St. Joseph, patron of departing souls - pray for me. Amen•

•”Where husband, wife, and children are united by the bonds of virtue, concord, and love, there is Christ among them."

-St. John Chrysostom•

Help, Lord, the souls which Thou hast made,
The souls to Thee so dear,
In prison for the debt unpaid
Of sin committed here.
These holy souls, they suffer on,
Resigned in heart and will,
Until Thy high behest is done,
And justice has its fill.
For daily falls, for pardoned crime,
Their joy to undergo
The shadow of Thy Cross sublime,
The remnant of Thy woe.
Oh! by their patience of delay,
Their hope amid their pain,
Their sacred zeal to burn away
Disfigurement and stain;
Oh! by their fire of love, not less
In keenness than the flame;
Oh! by their very helplessness,
Oh! by Thy own great Name:
Help, Lord, the souls which Thou hast made,
The souls to Thee so dear,
In prison for the debt unpaid
Of sin committed here.

~ Cardinal Newman


~ Forget-Me-Nots from Many Gardens, or Thirty Days Devotion to the Holy Souls (1904)