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I have gone through depression and anxiety. I have been on the verge of suicide, a millimeter movement of my hand away from death. I hated myself and I hated God. I have come very far since then, most likely because of prayers from my mother.

Now I am trying to start a young adult group at my local parish. There is little interest. Throughout my life, and during my depression, friends of mine left the Church. People everywhere live in a state of self-destruction. People are treated as objects and nothing more. It seems as though love is dead. Most people probably don’t even know what it really is.

The evil in the world is tremendous, and the young have suffered for it. My fellow young adults continue to fall away from the Church as though they are moths drawn to some distant flame. It helped cause my despair, because I was left utterly alone. The girl I loved fell, as well, and this destroyed me more.

Pray, now, for the youth of this world. Pray for the young adults: those that are 18 all the way to their 30s. Pray for my friends that have fallen. Pray for my friends that will fall. Pray for the new young adults at my parish and everywhere; that they are filled with the Holy Spirit and never fall away, even as they go into the world of darkness. Pray especially for the young women at my parish and everywhere, that they respect themselves and avoid evil people, especially men that would use them, and instead look to other Holy young people for companionship and friendship. Pray that the adults in charge of my parish and every parish are filled with the Holy Spirit, and do all they can to instruct the young and embody the Love of Christ.

I feel as though I am fighting a great battle against something that cannot be defeated. Pray for all those who fight this battle against evil, for it seems to me that evil has won control of this generation, and that there is little hope for salvation. Pray that chastity becomes a common practice, and that those who seek love in Matrimony, such as myself, or in Holy Orders, may find it swiftly, and in every other aspect of their life.

Pray for the powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin. Pray for the invoking of the Holy Spirit, and the salvation of the young.
 
Come, Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Your well-beloved Spouse, and through her intercession, fill our youth with all the graces they need to persevere in a state of grace. Amen.
 
Lord,

I pray for the continued strength of the church as she grows day by day. I pray for her new members, accrued through birth and by the feeling within oneself to find faith. I pray that the church grows to encompass all who wish you accept you, Lord. I pray also that we be strong in our temperance against sin.

Amen.
 
I can empathize with your situation.

O Heavenly Father,

*Into your most holy hands wecommit the keeping of our hearts, asking you for health of soul and body, in the certain hop that you, our most loving Father, will hear our prayer. **Into the bosom of your tender mercy, this day, every day of my life, and at the hour of my death, we commend our soul and body. *

To you we entrust all my hopes and consolations, all my trials and miseries, our lives and the end of our lives, that all our actions may be ordered and disposed according to Your will and that of your Divine Son.

*Amen. *
 
O Jesus, bestow Your Most precious graces
on the young people of this world.
Increase in them Faith, Hope and Charity.
May Your love lead them to solid piety,
inspiring them with dread for sin,
love of work and an ardent desire
of worthily approaching Your Holy Table.
Preserve in them innocence and purity of heart;
and if they should offend You,
grant them the grace of a prompt and sincere repentance.
From Your Tabernacle watch over them day and night;
protect them in all their ways.
Grant that they may acquire the knowledge
that they need to embrace the state of life
to which You have called them.
Grant us a sincere love,
constant vigilance
and generous devotedness towards them.
Grant us all consolation on earth
and eternal reward in heaven.

Amen.

Our Lady of Fatima, pray for the youth of today.
 
Prayer to Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Patron of Youth

Dear Christian youth, you were a faithful follower of Christ in the Society of Jesus. You steadily strove for perfection while generously serving the plague-stricken. Help our youth today who are faced with a plague of false cults and false gods. Show them how to harness their energies and to use them for their own and others’ fullfillment—which will redound to the greater glory of God. Amen.

St. Aloysius, pray for us and for all who invoke your aid.
 
As a young person myself, who did for a time fall away from the Church but was (thankfully) brought back to the faith through the workings of the Holy Spirit, I will most certainly remember the young people you asked us to pray for in my prayers today. I will also remember the adults who work with the young that they may be granted the grace to inspire them and keep them loyal to the Church.
 
St. Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou,
O Prince of the heavenly hosts,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan,
and all the evil spirits,
who prowl about the world
seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
 
Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
 
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