Pray for Healing

The following prayer request was in the comments:

I found the love of my life - and spent the happiest year of my life with him. A month ago, a sudden and devastating illness damaged his mind, and he lapsed into a coma. He is recovering slowly - but his memory has been brutally affected.

He does not remember me as his soulmate, which is what he professed me to be just days before he became ill. I am desperate, I am heartbroken, I feel so helpless. Please, women of prayer, pray with me that he finds his way back to health, and, if it is God's will, to me. I am lost without him.

Pray for Reconciliation

The following prayer request was left in the comments.

Please pray for me to reconcile with my ex in Arizona, I am grasping at straws after three years I am still in love and think the relationship will work
Bless You
T.B.

Prayer Requests for This Young Mom

Tracy shared this sad story of a young mom who blogs at lemmondrops.

Prayer Request for My Sister and B-i-L

One of my sisters and her husband have been waiting to adopt a child from China. It has been two years and they are still waiting. The following is from her email to the family:

Please keep R. and me in your prayers. Our adoption is nowhere in sight. Our paperwork is now expiring and the adoption agency now wants another $2300 to proceed. We are not sure what God's Will is for us...

They have invested a lot of time, money and emotion to have a child to call their own. They would make terrific parents too!

Thank you from all our family.

Prayer Request - For FUS Students Involved in Crash

Thanks to Alicia of the LovetoLearn Blog for sharing the story of this terrible accident.

One person is dead and six others hurt when a van carrying members of the Franciscan University Cross Country team crashed on Route 22.

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Prayer Request for Cecelia

Cecelia is my friend June's mom. I have requested prayers on her behalf before. She is now back in the hospital and in intensive care. Please keep her in your prayers.

Mahalo.

A tragedy in Italy

For the repose of the souls of the Gypsy children who drowned in Italy while others ignored their plight and, later, their bodies on the beach. May God grant them eternal rest, and may their souls rest in peace.

Prayers also for their families, and for those who refused to either help the children or respect the presence of their dead bodies.

And prayers for all those in the world who believe it is OK to practice racism.

Prayer Requests for Two Priests

1. Please pray for Fr. L., who is only in his 50's and is very ill with cancer.


2. Please pray for this priest who collapsed.

Prayer Request for a Catholic Homeschooling Mom

Evann has requested:

Please ask God’s Healing for a Catholic homeschooling mom of seven in my area who has just found out she has uterine cancer. Thank you for your prayers!

Pray for Sr. Mary Francis Peters

Dear friends: Please pray for Sr. Mary Francis Peters of Holy Family Catholic Church. Sr. Mary Francis had suffered a few setbacks following a recent hospitalization and following today’s surgery, is not expected to make it much longer. May God grant her mercy and peace…

Posted by Kimberly at Catholic Family Vignettes

Pray for Cathy's oldest daughter, Laura

I would also like to ask you to pray for our oldest daughter, Laura, as she undergoes a colonoscopy today to find out why she is having such severe abdominal pain and why her colon is inflamed.

Cathy of A Bit of a Blarney

Prayer Request for Stacy

From someone in one of my Catholic e-groups:

Hi all. I was hoping you'd pray for my friend and ask others to also.

She is in her late 30s like me and has 4 kids one of which (the baby)
she is/was still nursing till this week.

She found out this week she has leukemia.

She is divorced from the three oldest kids dad. He got into drugs,
lost their home and destroyed them financially.

Those kids need their mother.

Please pray with me that she can/will survive this till they are grown
and on their own.

The oldest is 11.

Her name is Stacy.

Thanks Everyone!
Crislee

Prayer Request - Fr. Corapi

Thanks Jean for letting us know!

From Mark Shea's blog

Prayer for Fr. John Corapi

He's been sick for over six months and they don't know what's wrong. He asks prayers. (I don't know him, but I'm getting emails forwarded to that effect.)

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me as I pray for the full healing of Fr. Corapi and the grace of Christ to bear whatever cross he has for the good of his soul and the good of the whole Church.

Amen.

Father Corapi is NOT ill, please see this updated post.

Two Prayer Requests

1. Please pray for Ebeth's father - in - law who is in his 80's and has a respiratory infection.

2. Please pray for anniversary blessings for Ebeth and her husband, Doug, who will be celebrating their 15th anniversary on Wednesday, February 13.

Thank you!

Pray for a Little Girl in Pain

Alice's 3-year-old daughter needs prayers. She woke yesterday with unexplainable and serious pain in her hip. They are waiting the results of the blood work that was done yesterday. Please keep the whole family in your prayers.

Prayer Request for Diane's Mom

Please continue to pray for Diane K's Mom

Prayer Request For My Sister

My sister found out Friday that she is pregnant.
She thought she was pregnant, but found out for sure when she went to the hospital because of bleeding.

Things were troubling on Christmas, with her consigned to bed rest.

Please keep her and the baby in your prayers.
Thanks.

Prayer Request From My Sister

This was emailed to me by my sister today.

I don't know any of these folks, however, please say a prayer for them. It was sent to me by someone I know from Church.
Love,
R

Hello Friends and Family -

This is Erin Hopkins with a very urgent and sincere request for prayers. My friend and one-time college roommate, Stacy Gannon, is battling brain cancer and has been receiving chemo and radiation for nearly one year. Stacey is a mother to two young children and a wife to Joey, they live in Atlanta. She just found out that she is 18 weeks pregnant. She became pregnant during her chemo and radiation and therefore, the baby has been exposed to these chemicals from day one.

She has opted to take a 10 week break from her treatment to allow the baby to reach 28 weeks gestation, when they will deliver the baby via C-section. She has been informed by her baby-related doctors that the chemo is very strong and particularly attacks DNA growth in cells and therefore the baby. They are quite certain that there will be neurological damage to the baby, although the ultrasounds have thus far showed relatively normal growth.

Additionally, her cancer-related doctors have told her that they do not want her to stop her treatment of cancer (even for 10 wks!) because her cancer is so aggressive. They said that if they allowed her to carry the baby to 40 weeks gestation, she would probably not live to deliver the baby. So, Stacey is choosing to give her child a chance and risk her own life. I still cannot believe the situation that this family has been put in, even as I type this.

As a member of Stacey's network of support and prayers, I am asking that you specifically say a prayer to Pope John Paul II. He is in the process of being named a saint and needs a second miracle to "qualify" for sainthood. We have decided to storm heaven with prayers to our former Pope, specifically asking him to stop the growth of Stacey's cancer while she stops her treatment.

Many of you may also be calling to mind the story of St. Gianna Molla, whom JPII canonized in the 1994, whose story is very similar to Stacey's. You can read it here.

Finally, I just want to thank you for having read this far. I appreciate the time you took to read this and say a prayer for Stacey, her unborn child and her family. Stacey herself asks that we be sure to pray for her husband, Joey who is truly heartbroken.

Sincerely,
Erin Hopkins
erinchopkins@hotmail.com

Brothers and sisters, if you know of anyone who would be willing to pray for Stacey, please pass this e-mail along to them, would you? (John Donlan)

Prayer for Heavenly Repose

"Lord, Remember me When You Come Into Your Kingdom!"

Hey everybody! This advent/Christmas season especially would you keep in your prayers a man named Mr. T. who has just lost his wife Susan T.to a sudden heart attack. Please pray for the Heavenly repose of Susan's soul. They were a wonderful couple at our church (though I didn't know them, but I have heard from those who did) and were around 50 some-ish.

This couple loved traditional music (ex. our traditional choir), and at the funeral we will sing the "Sanctus" which is just about ALWAYS done in English at our church. Mr. T. said his wife would be proud that she would be the one to allow our church to start singing this. I might have the grace to play piano at the funeral.

P. Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord.

R. And let perpetual light shine upon her.

P. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

R. Amen.

Prayer Request - Fr. Joe Whalen

Received this from Sue:

Please pray for Fr. Joe Whalen and his continued good health so he can continue to travel for the Lord and give Masses and healing services, also for the continued good health of his assistant Mary Ann W. and the St. Raphael Healing team.

We ask this according to the will of the Father in the name of Jesus, through the powerful intercession of the Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, the healing Archangel St. Raphael and all the holy angels and saints.
Fr. Joe Whalen's team
StRaphael25@aol.com

They have an important ministry, that of St. Raphael's Healing Oil.