Prayer for a Son Who Goes to the Army

Lord, God of prophecy, King of all the world! You, for the subjugation of wicked enemies and for the preservation of justice, permit nations to take up the sword and maintain a state of war. When, by Your will, our child goes forth from us to serve in the army, we pray to You, our God, grant that she may be faithful to her calling and do not allow her to lose her soul. Give her strength, patience and endurance in that hard service. Above all, grant her, O God, strength against the enemies of her soul, that by Your most holy grace she may keep the holy faith and the innocence of her soul. You yourself, God, know the great danger that threatens the soul of our child in the military condition. Therefore we earnestly ask You to guard her from those dangers, preserve her to us as she departs, or rather, make her even better.

Most Holy Virgin, special guardian of innocent souls! We entrust to you, and thereby to your Son, our child under His mighty divine protection. We know and firmly believe that as He and you watch over her, surely no sin will defile her innocent soul. Extend over her Your holy heavenly veil and do not let her fall from beneath it, not only until she returns to us as good as she now departs, but throughout her entire earthly life. Amen.

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