Prayer Request

A reader writes:

God bless you and thank you for your wonderful blog. I have a rather urgent prayer request. My friend Mona, here as a Fulbright Scholar, is in danger. She has been actively speaking out against the government in her homeland of Syria. She was hoping to receive a visa from France where her fiancé lives, but her request was denied. She has until Wednesday to figure out her next move or else she will be on plane back to Syria, and it is more than likely that she will be arrested once her plane lands. Please keep her, her fiancé and her family back in Syria in your prayers. Thank you.

Father, we ask that you would speed the machinery of bureaucracy so that Mona would be able to find safe haven either here or in France and avoid the butcher in her own country. Hear the cry of the oppressed and protect her by your holy angels through Christ our Lord. Mother Mary and St. Ephraem the Syrian, pray for her and for all who care about her, that they will find peace through Jesus Christ.