Thank you Irapuato for this prayer today. I so needed this post. May the Lord shine His Face upon you for your service to Him and His children.

2nd book of Maccabees 7:1.20-31.
It also happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrested and tortured with whips and scourges by the king, to force them to eat pork in violation of God's law.
Most admirable and worthy of everlasting remembrance was the mother, who saw her seven sons perish in a single day, yet bore it courageously because of her hope in the Lord.
Filled with a noble spirit that stirred her womanly heart with manly courage, she exhorted each of them in the language … [More]