<h1>Friday Memo from Bishop Boyea</h1>
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<p><em>"What souls we can convert by our prayers. <br />The one who saves a soul from hell saves this soul and his own as well".</em> <br />Saint Jean Vianney (1786-1859)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My sisters and brothers in the Lord,<br />&nbsp;<br />Welcome to week fifty-one of BMW, <em>Be My Witnesses</em>. Just one more week to go! To be a witness is also to carry out the Spiritual Works of Mercy. &nbsp;This week we will talk about the seventh work of mercy which is directly related to what we did last week. Then we focused on burying the dead; this week we focus on praying for the living and the dead. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Mission: Pray for the Living and the Dead &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Saint Ambrose (c. 339 – 397), in his Treatise on Cain and Abel (Book 1), writes about prayer: “If you pray only for yourself, you pray for yourself alone. &nbsp;If each one prays for himself, he receives less from God’s goodness than the one who prays on behalf of others. &nbsp;But as it is, because each prays for all, all are in fact praying for each one.”Most of us spend a lot of time speaking with God about ourselves and what we need or want. &nbsp;The seventh spiritual work of mercy is to pray for the living and the dead, that is, to pray for others. &nbsp;This does not mean we cannot pray for ourselves. &nbsp;In fact, the Our Father, which Jesus taught us, is for ourselves as well as for those who join us in that prayer.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
