Prayer Request

A reader writes:

I have been repeatedly confessing that my prayer life is poor and my confessors continually tell me to start by simply praying the Rosary every day. After many starts and stops and failures over months and months, I finally resolved to pray *two* mysteries a day (which is Big Deal(tm) for me) and it has been going well. However, I have come under some *serious* spiritual attack. To make matters worse, I’m dedicating my Rosaries to souls in purgatory and to the chastity of my Family. Apparently I hit a nerve because Ol’ Scratch is pulling out every stop and hitting me in every weak spot and opening every old wound. Could I ask you and your readers to say a prayer of support and strength to the Holy Spirit and to the Blessed Mother for me?

Thank you for all you do and your good work for the Body of Christ. May God continue to bless you and strengthen you as well.

Father, help your son persevere in prayer and grant his prayers through your Son Jesus Christ. Mother Mary, and St. Michael, pray for him and defend him in battle against the devil. May the Lord rebuke him. Grant your son all the actual graces, both internal and external, necessary to the successful issue of your glory in this fight.