Prayer Requests

A reader writes:

I have to trouble you and your readers with another prayer request, this one for my family. We are going through an extraordinarily difficult time now – financially, emotionally, and spiritually. My parents are barely speaking to each other; their marriage is in a very bad state. Our house is literally falling apart and the money is not there to fix it. My siblings and I (all in our late teens/early 20s) are trying to cope with our own issues – college, relationships, jobs, money – in addition to all of this, and it’s just so hard. I know things could be worse, and I know many are suffering far more than we are, but I feel like our family is slowly disintegrating. It breaks my heart, and I don’t know what to do any more.

I’m sure Jesus, the Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, and St. Jude are all a bit tired of hearing from me, so I’m hoping that you and some other kind folks out there could add their voices to the chorus. May God bless you and your readers. Thank you.

Father, hear our prayer for healing in this family through Jesus Christ. Grant them your actual graces, both internal and external, so that they can find life in you and give glory to your Name. Help them hear the fresh word of God and obey it and find hope. Mother Mary, St. Joseph and St. Jude, pray for them!