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Post by Seán Ó Murchú on Jan 4, 2021 21:01:33 GMT
Loving God, I pray that you will comfort me in my suffering, lend skill to the hands of my healers, and bless the means used for my cure. Give me such confidence in the power of your grace, that even when I am afraid, I may put my whole trust in you; through our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Saint Padre Pio
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Post by Tomas on Jan 4, 2021 21:30:39 GMT
Loving God, I pray that you will comfort me in my suffering, lend skill to the hands of my healers, and bless the means used for my cure. Give me such confidence in the power of your grace, that even when I am afraid, I may put my whole trust in you; through our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Saint Padre Pio Strong prayers, from Padre Pio in book format: Padre Pio´s Words of Hope, Edited by Eileen Dunn Bertanzetti (Our Sunday Visitor) For anyone who likes formulated prayer (as I do) that compliation of 150 "meditations" is one gem to consider, consisting of bible verse - doubt - the saint´s assurance - a prayer Best wishes.
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Post by cato on May 12, 2022 13:22:07 GMT
One of the most heroic , courageous and gentle churchmen of our time Cardinal Joseph Zen has been arrested by Chinese Communist police. Zen is now 90 and has been a vocal defender of democracy and the rights of believers. On his last trip to Rome he was denied access to the pope to discuss his fears for the church in China.
Pray for this humble and dedicated follower of the risen Christ.
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Post by cato on Dec 28, 2022 12:43:33 GMT
We have been asked to pray for Pope emeritus Benedict by Pope Francis as he is gravely ill. May the Holy Innocents intercede for him today
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Post by Tomas on Mar 29, 2023 18:19:47 GMT
Please pray for Pope Francis today admitted to the Gemelli hospital for heart trouble. In crucial time especially prayers for conversion and salvation.
Also bringing another prayer request on behalf of a friend who asked for prayers said for a Muslim man said to be dying, his name is Omar.
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Post by Séamus on Apr 2, 2023 8:54:59 GMT
Please pray for Pope Francis today admitted to the Gemelli hospital for heart trouble...etc.... Seems to be discharged; probably a bit unwise to sit through Palm or Chrism masses at this stage. A few hearts will sink of course. I recently came across Mother Mary Magdalene (Countess Annetta) Bentivoglio,Poor Clare,(in a sense) missionary to the US where many pray for her cause. She had had the rare statistic of being born in Castel Sant'Angelo to a Papal armyman. For a point of meditation when considering people who live or lived on the perimeter of what might be otherwise seen as an episcopal or clerical world,but important to the overall machinations nevertheless,Tintoretto's 1590s Last Supper is worth looking up; very few artists ever considered the wait staff important enough to include,here we're shown a flurry of activity,mostly waiters and waitresses, even an apparent maitre d'- didn't Christ give special attention to the man carrying the water? The passionate prayer-activity from ethereal angels is unusual also- the group looks almost like the Knock apparition (unlikely that post-Famine agricultural families in the West of Ireland,who probably owned few books between them,could have seen any reproduction of Jacopo's masterpiece);an accidental aspergillum appears in the foreground, possibly meant to actually be a 16th century way of applying vinegar, and an ambiguous ('sanctuary') lamp shines ambiguous haloes on the apostles,making this work distinctive from the 'simple liturgy' of other imaginings. And, as Catholics pray for His Holiness, it's also worth reflecting during Holy Week on the wider picture of how worship and it's presentation effects a world of Christians,who perhaps are outside the circle of decision-making clergymen or their influences but,like the Venerable Mary Magdalene Bentivoglio,forever attached to it.
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Post by Tomas on Nov 28, 2023 14:28:42 GMT
Prayers would be much appreciated for the following:
R - Church friend troubled by various things.
E - Old school friend with unusual diagnosis newly got operated with vital inner organ transplantation.
G - Close family with cancer.
For all three, only one Catholic, also for salvation/conversion/perpetual conversion.
Thanks ahead!
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