Prayer Requests

A reader writes:

We are currently in crisis. My nephew is missing. We have little information except he was on spring break in France and missing. We are in contact with the State Department, and the American Consulate in France. We have filed a missing persons report. Please keep us in your prayers.

Father, hear our prayer that he be found safe and unharmed. Give peace to all who love him. Mother Mary, pray for him and all who love him. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Another reader writes:

A family in Baltimore has adopted 5 girls from China, all with special needs that range(d) from a cleft palate to severe bone decay to a blood disorder requiring monthly transfusions. The youngest, named Teresa after Mother Teresa, needs a heart/lung transplant but is a poor candidate. Her mother is keeping a journal at http://ourplacecalledhome.blogspot.com; this is the request on the page:

“Teresa was born on December 25, 2006 in China . She was born with a very complex heart condition . In July 2010, GOD added Teresa to our family through adoption . We have been blessed with 9 wonderful children . Gods grace has woven us together as a family . Upon bringing Teresa home from China we unfortunately learned she not only needed a heart transplant but also a lung transplant. Her Doctors feel she would not survive this operation . Please help us to pray for a miracle for Teresa’s heart and lungs to be healed . She is a very special little soul who has touched so many lives around the world …
I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES !”

If you could post the request and website on your blog, it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Father, hear our prayer for Teresa’s complete healing in body, soul, and spirit and for all who love her. Mother Mary and St. Luke, pray for her and her family. We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.