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Prayer to obtain for the Children the Virtue of Chastity

1/9/2016

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O Most Holy God! who lovest purity and innocence, grant to my children the precious gift of purity. Woe to them should the vice of impurity take hold of their hearts! How miserable would they not be ! O Lord, do Thou guard them ! Keep with Thy powerful hand this monster far from them. Without Thy special help they cannot preserve the virtue of chastity. O God, grant them this help. By it let their hearts be like sanctuaries, unprofaned, undefiled by any impure thought or feeling; by it let their eyes be modest, bashful ; their ears and mouth unapproachable, and closed to any impropriety in word and deed. By Thy grace fill them with hatred against what ever may be contrary to decency, and let them persevere, body and soul, in unimpaired purity, so that they may always stretch out to Thee pure hands, and that their bodies may continue to be hallowed temples of the Holy Ghost. O God, lover of pure souls, let my children belong to the number of Thy favorites; let the blessing and the happiness and prosperity which, according to Thy gracious dispositions, accompany holy purity come upon my children. Amen.

Holy Virgin Mary, most chaste mother and intercessor of pure souls; St. Joseph, most chaste spouse of the Holy Virgin , St. Aloysius, angel in the flesh ; and all ye holy virgins and children, and all ye Saints in heaven, assist me with your powerful intercession, so that the Lord, who has given you the grace of unimpaired innocence and chastity, may also bestow this same great gift upon my children. Amen.

Source: The Christian Mother, Imprimatur 1880

This wonderful book can be read in its entirety  by clicking here: https://archive.org/details/TheChristianMother

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Prayer to obtain for Children the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost

1/9/2016

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O Spirit of Holiness ! make Thine abode with my children, in order that God's holy grace and the salvation of their souls may be always regarded by them as more valuable than all things else, and that they may always keep the eye of their souls directed towards heaven.

O Holy Ghost ! give to my children the gift of Understanding, that they may comprehend more and more the teachings of our holy religion and grow zealous, whilst by listening to the Word of God and by pious reading they advance in the knowledge of Christian truth.

O Holy Ghost! give to my children the gift of Knowledge, that they may lay up an ever-increasing store of useful, salutary knowledge for their own and their neighbor's salvation.

O Holy Ghost! give to my children the gift of Counsel, that they may always see in the light of Thy grace what is according to God's holy will and useful for their salvation.

O Holy Ghost! give to my children the gift of Fortitude, that strengthened thereby they may not yield to difficulties in the practice of virtue, nor be discouraged by impediments, but persevere courageously and generously on the road to heaven. Amen.

O Holy Ghost! give to my children the gift of Piety; fill their hearts wholly with divine love, so that they may always be zealous in all good works, and be solely intent upon fulfilling in ail things God's holy will.

O Holy Ghost! give to my children the gift of the Fear of God, in order that, recognizing sin as the greatest and only evil, they may abhor it and fear above everything else to become victims of God's divine justice. Amen.

Source: The Christian Mother, Imprimatur 1880

This lovely book can be read in its entirety here: https://archive.org/details/TheChristianMother

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