Devotion of the day: lesson and protection of the Saints

Glory of the Saints. Enter with the spirit in Heaven; look at how many palms sway there; put yourself in the ranks of virgins, confessors, martyrs, apostles, patriarchs; what an endless number! .., What joy among them! What songs of exultation, of praise, of love for God! They shine like so many stars; their glory varies according to merit; but all are happy, mourners immersed in the delights of God! ... Hear their invitation: You too come; your seat is prepared.

Lesson of the saints. They were all people of this world; look at your loved ones who hold out their arms to you ... But if they reached it, why can't you too? They had our passions, the same temptations, they encountered the same dangers, they too found thorns, crosses, tribulations; yet they won: and we will not be able? With prayer, with penance, with the Sacraments, they bought Heaven, and what do you earn it with?

Protection of Saints. The souls in Heaven are not insensitive, on the contrary, loving us with true love, they want us to be part of their blessed fate; the Lord offers them to us as patrons endowing them with much power in our favor. But why don't we ask for their help? Will they be obliged to drag us to Heaven against our will? ... If we asked every saint today for a grace, a virtue, the conversion of a sinner, the liberation of a soul in purgatory, would we not be granted?

PRACTICE. - Recite the Litany of the Saints, or five Pater, asking everyone for a grace for you.