Brett's Two-Cents

Hello everyone! I know many of you have loved ones who’ve stopped practicing their faith, and perhaps even have walked away from an explicit relationship with God altogether. Be of good courage!

When the direct road is blocked, God can work indirectly, through our continuing love for that person. When the connection between a loved one and the Church is lost, we become Church for that person.

St. Joseph has a special love for the lost, and so here is a prayer to him on behalf of our loved ones. Pray it with confidence and courage!
 

Oh glorious patriarch St. Joseph,
Who merited to be called “just” by the Holy Spirit,
I urgently recommend to you the soul of [name],
Which Jesus redeemed at the price of His Precious Blood.
 
You know how deplorable is the state and how unhappy the life
Of those who have banished this loving Savior from their hearts,
And how greatly they are exposed to the danger of losing Him eternally.
 
Permit not, I beseech you, that a soul so dear to me should continue any longer in its evil ways;
Preserve it from the danger that threatens it;
Touch the heart of the prodigal child and conduct them back to the bosom of the fondest of fathers.
 
Abandon them not, I implore you, until you have opened to them the gates of the heavenly city,
Where they will praise and bless you throughout eternity for the happiness
Which they will owe to your powerful intercession.
 
Amen.