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Each person we pray for is lifted into the light of God and helped by the prayers of the saints
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We should frequently turn to the saints who long to help us by their prayers
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Each person we pray for is lifted into the light of God and helped by the prayers of the saints
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Jesus honours St Joseph His foster-father and asks us to admire his virtues and ask for his prayers
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Christ wants us to pay attention to the Saints: to their living relationship with us, their feast days, shrines, relics and statues. We should treasure these as we treasure what connects us with earthly family and friends. We could ask the Saints for their prayers, with confidence in their love and God's goodness.
Code: T-05094-X2-CW
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We can gain great graces from Heaven through the prayers of the Saints; yet the greatest graces are given by Christ Himself, directly, in the Mass, in the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle, and in Exposition and Adoration.
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He indicated His Holy Mother, and all the angels and saints, saying that we have many holy friends longing to help us, and need not be lonely.
Code: T-00915-BW
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God our Father watches our first steps in virtue and grace, as though watching a baby who walks towards the saints, who encourage us by their prayers and example.
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It can seem as if Heaven and its Saints are hundreds of miles away from Earth. They are very close to us. The Lord invites us to ask for the prayers of the Saints with as much confidence, and certainty of their nearness, as when we call over a fence to ask the help of a neighbour, or pick up the phone to ask for the prayers of a close relation.
Code: T-01027B-CW
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The saints leaned forward, in great concern, like parents comforting a child who has been frightened by a bad dream.
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Catholics who believe what the Church teaches and who pray with faith, invoke the Blessed Trinity, use Holy water, and ask the help of the Angels and Saints, are given powerful help to resist evil; and they help others, too, not to be swept away - as if by a waterfall - by the spiritual enemies who would drag us into fear, resentment and gloom.
Code: T-09985-X1-CW
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As we asked the saints to pray for us in the liturgy, I saw the saints in glory, their hands out, as they interceded for us who prayed below.
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Our prayers, with the prayers of the Saints (whose intercession we seek), rise up like incense to Heaven, like a fragrant offering which is acceptable to Him.
Code: T-07974A-BW
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We are wise to ask the Saints for their prayers. They are alive, living in glory, and love to intercede for us with God. As we pray, and work, it's as if by their love and companionship they help to form a fence around us, to protect us from evil, and to encourage us to raise up our hearts and minds to the Blessed Trinity, above.
Code: T-11481-CW
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The Saints pray fervently for our well-being and salvation. Their prayers draw down upon the earth a great torrent of Divine graces, as they look with pity and love upon us, in our struggles to be holy. They persevered in the Faith, in love for Christ, until the end. Earthly life seems very brief, to them, who now enjoy God's love in Eternity.
Code: T-12032-CW
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They do not see our sins; yet the saints in Heaven are in Communion with us. They see our joys, and comfort us by their prayers when we are in pain or dispirited. There is no death, for those who live in Christ: only 'life in Christ'
Code: T-10604-CW
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When we turn to Christ in prayer, in gratitude for His gifts and graces, all the Saints are close to us, glad to hear our thanks and praise for the One Who has brought them to Heaven. They long for us to find everlasting joy with Him, and help us by their prayers.
Code: T-11328B-CW
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Pope John Paul stands in heaven, stretching out his hand in greeting, as we ask for his help.
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We are right to be confident when we ask the Saints of Heaven to pray for us or for people in need. Their prayers rise up like incense to the throne of God, and bring down upon us graces from Heaven. This is especially true when we pray at the shrine of a Saint: a shrine blessed by the Church.
Code: T-11620-CW
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It is as if the Holy Souls are undergoing purification by reflecting, just below Heaven, within sight of the Abyss that leads to Hell, how good God is, who has rescued them from sin and disaster. They are helped by our prayers - and by the prayers of the Saints, which are like lifelines: long ropes let down from Heaven, so that the Holy Souls can be pulled up to glory.
Code: T-11964-CW