Praise Report, re: Prayer for Unemployed

Kimberly of Catholic family Vignettes thanks you for your prayers! She joined many families in praying the Prayer to St. Joseph. Though her husband was not unemployed, she asked that her husband's intention be included. Her husband was hoping to get a better job and he got it this week. He starts at the new job next week!

God be praised!

Thanking God for you,
Easter at Mostly Prayers

St. Maurice Pray For Us

The following prayer request was left by an anonymous commenter:

I would like to request a prayer for reconciliation with a friend. Please pray to St. Maurice for us.

Pray for the Unemployed again, Friday

PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH FOR EMPLOYMENT

Dear St. Joseph, you were given the responsibility of providing the necessities of life for Jesus and Mary. Look down with fatherly compassion upon our brothers and sisters in their anxiety over their present struggle to support their families due to job loss. Please help them find gainful employment very soon, so that this heavy burden of concern will be lifted from their hearts and that they soon will be able to provide for those whom God has entrusted to their care. Help us to guard against bitterness and discouragement, so that we may emerge from this trial spiritually enriched and with even greater blessings from God. Amen.


Thank you for all your prayers!

Pray for Easing of Financial Woes

An anonymous poster has left the following prayer request in the comments:

for a child and their large family - that the Lord will help them meet all their financial needs so they can relax a little and not have to worry so about their financial woes.

Pray for Reconciliation

Eina left the following prayer request in the comments:

Please Pray for Johan and I. I care about him a lot and he is very important to me. We had a huge falling out in December and even though I have made several attempts to reconcile and bring peace he will not accept it. Please pray for a forgiving heart for us both that we can forgive each other and restore our friendship making it stronger than it was. I love Johan a lot and I care about him. I miss our friendship and would like to salvage what we had. Please pray for peace between Johan, his family, friends and I. We all used to love each other and they showed me that they do not care about me and have worked hard to break up my relationship with Johan. Please pray for peace, love, trust and forgiveness between all of us. I care about all of them still and don't want to fight with any of them. I have strived so hard for peace but they keep throwing my efforts back in my face. I need God's help and intervention in this brokenness to heal the love, trust, friendship between Johan and I and his family and friends. Thank you for your prayers. I have been praying all year and I really do want peace between us. Please pray for us. Amen.

Eina

Please Pray for the Repose of the Souls of:

A very dear family friend Sister Mary Lucy Sullivan. Her funeral is today. She was my sister's 6th grade teacher.

For Tom Papandrew, a fellow parishioner and our vicar general's good friend.

For Fr. Elias Tederous, a Maryknoll priest who died recently. He was a very kindly priest.

Please pray for the unemployed today, Friday

Hello all you wonderful prayer warriors!

Please join us, homeschoolers in our state, in praying today for the unemployed:



PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH FOR EMPLOYMENT

Dear St. Joseph, you were given the responsibility of providing the necessities of life for Jesus and Mary. Look down with fatherly compassion upon our brothers and sisters in their anxiety over their present struggle to support their families due to job loss. Please help them find gainful employment very soon, so that this heavy burden of concern will be lifted from their hearts and that they soon will be able to provide for those whom God has entrusted to their care. Help us to guard against bitterness and discouragement, so that we may emerge from this trial spiritually enriched and with even greater blessings from God. Amen.

Found on my blog, Mostly Prayers.
Thanks to Christine and all you ladies and gents who persevere in prayer! God bless you all abundantly!

Special Prayer Request for John

My dear friend Joan has requested prayer for her husband, John, who has been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer and will start chemotherapy next Tuesday.

Prayer Request for Dale

Jay Anderson at from Pro Ecclesia * Pro Familia * Pro Civitate has asked that we pray for friend and fellow blogger Dale of Dyspeptic Mutterings, who is in the hospital. More here.

Prayer Request for Bob & Family

I received the following prayer request from a friend:

Please pray for my husband, Bob. Three months ago we found out he has a resilient melanoma through his bones at 55 years old. We have done chemotherapy to no avail, yet, and now we are to go to Loyola Medical Center for cancer.....VERY aggressive treatment. We meet them for the first time on Thursday to find out what is available for him.

Please also pray for his wife, Nancy, and for their family.

If you are praying, would you please comment in the box below or email me, so I can share this with them? Thank you!

A Special Prayer Request

A prayer request for Keren G. was left in the comments. The request is that she can have a better life and find the perfect father.

Thanking God for All Mothers, my gift to you

Happy Mother's Day to all you, dear mothers! God be praised for all you do for his glory and honor!

Dear sisters in Christ, may the gifts of the Holy Spirit abound in you that you may all continue the tasks God asks you to do daily. May you receive the fruits of the Holy Spirit, particularly love, joy and peace as you continue to be the mother of God's children here on earth. Amen!

Prayer Request from Michelle

Michelle of Dei Gratia has requested prayers for a boy who died unexpectedly:

Today we were deeply saddened to learn the son of a Catholic homeschooling family we know died unexpectedly last night. Please pray for the repose of his soul and for his family.

Prayer Request for Two People - Update on Emile-James

I received the following email from Emile-James yesterday:

THANK-YOU all for your prayers and thoughts.
the surgery went well, ,
i was out of it for a week,
but am much more
mobile, and practically without pain now,
just a big scar, had 16
staples(instead of stitches),
never had been stapled before!
i have around 3 weeks left to full recovery.
GOd BLess

Emile Gallant
http://vocation-station.blogspot.com

The following prayer request is from an email I received from Emile-James of Vocation-Station

HELLO,
please pray for me, Emile-James, as i will have surgery today, Monday the 28th at 11:00 am to 2:00pm Pacific Coast time.
PAX
oh yes, and pray for Dr Coreen Dyck.
Thanks

Mahalo!

The Rain Didn't Fall - Thank You God

Last week I mentioned that my son would be making his First Communion, followed by a party at the house, and I was praying for it not to rain. It didn't rain. The sun also didn't come out. And it was kind of chilly. But, it didn't rain. So people were able to be outside - and a good time was had by all.

Oh, and also, Thank God that my son did not break his neck when he fell out of the swing set. If he had landed differently, he might have.

Pray for Assistance

An anonymous commenter left the following prayer request:

Please pray for me and my children as we are facing eviction and I have nowhere else to turn.

Prayers for my Grandma V.

Any prayers you guys could give for my grandma "V." would be very much appreciated. She has recently been put back on Chemo-Therapy after several years of her breast cancer being steady, as the cancer numbers have been going up for the past several months. I visited her today and she is not doing well. She is so weak and sick she can't really get out of bed. She suffers many other health issues as well. She has Scleroderma (a tissue disease), borderline diabetes, bad arthritis, some nerve problems in her feet, sleep apnea, and can easily suffer from depression as well. Also, recently she has some sore on her arm which has given her a lot of pain. Praise the Lord she is a good Catholic, but please pray that she would stay close to Jesus through her suffering which she endures 24/7. After her last chemo treatment a few days ago, she could barely talk as she was so out of energy. It almost seems like the chemo will kill her quicker than the cancer! Please pray for her and for our family who is taking care of her. Thank you, and I will pray for you all as well!

Update: Please Pray for the Repose of Fr. Thomas Killacky - Prayer Requests for Three Priests

Father Tom passed away yesterday April 30th at Maryknoll, NY. Please say a prayer for the repose of his soul.


These priests have Hawaii connections.

1. Fr. Bob Donnelly

2. Fr. Thomas Killacky both of these priests are elderly and in frail health at Maryknoll, NY.

3. Fr. Pete Peterson, elderly and frail and recently underwent surgery.

Prayers for them are really appreciated.