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 For whom  should  we  pray? We should, first of  all,  pray  for  ourselves,  because  our salvation is  our  first  and  most  important  duty. Although, by  the  law  of  charity,  we  are  bound to pray  for  all  men,  there  are,  nevertheless, some for  whom  we  have  a  special  obligation or special  reasons  to  pray. Children should daily pray  for  their  parents,  parents  for  their children, members  of  the  same  family  and household or  community  for  one  another, inferiors for  their  superiors,  both  ecclesiastical and  civil,  and  superiors  for  their  inferiors. It is  also  incumbent  on  us  to  pray for our  benefactors,  both  spiritual  and  temporal, for  our  relatives,  for  those  who  ask our prayers,  and  who  pray  for  us,  for  our friends, and  for  our  enemies  also,  whosoever they may  be  or  whatever  evil  they  may  have done or  may  wish  us. We ought,  likewise, to pray  for  the  perseverance  of  the  just  and for the  conversion  of  sinners,  of  heretics, schismatics, Jews,  and  unbelievers. It is  a most  praiseworthy  custom  to  pray  for  the sick, for  those  who  are  in  their  agony,  for  all who are  in  danger  of  death,  or  in  danger  of losing  their  innocence,  and  for  all  who  are in distress,  pain,  trouble,  or  sorrow.

It behooves  us  daily  to  remember  in  our prayers the  Souls  in  Purgatory,  particularly