Prayer Requests

A reader writes:

I know you are kind enough to sometimes post prayer requests, and right now my family and I can use all we can get.

My father has just died of what was probably a suicide. Please pray for God to have mercy on his soul, and to grant his family the grace to deal with this.

Father, you alone are the merciful Judge. We ask that you would have mercy on this man and on his family and we commend him to the mercy of him who died for love of him. We ask that, in your mighty power to save, you would grant him the grace of eternal life and that you would grant his family grace, strength, consolation and peace in this terrible hour. Mother Mary and St. Joseph, pray for this man and all who knew and loved him.

Another reader writes:

I am asking for prayers for a lady in her seventies dying of cancer. She does not believe in God but she does feel grateful for prayer. Her death could come at any time; the doctor is literally taking it day by day.

Father, hear our prayer and grant this woman the grace of a happy death through Christ our Lord. Amen. Mother Mary, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.