Prayer Requests

Tim J at Old World Swine writes:

No disaster, but I have been wearing out St. Christopher’s phone line the last few days, praying over various car and travel related problems. I could use all the prayers I can get, so I’m sending out the call.

I have one car that has been repaired (thanks be to God!), but another that is balanced on a knife-edge between being fixable and being a heap of worthless, inert metal. Our family needs this car to be in working condition, and within our meager budget.

Father, hear our prayer and help Tim provide for his family by giving him a good and cheap place to fix this car. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen!

Hey Tim, if you give people your snail mail address (assuming they contact you by private email, of course), maybe we could make a little tithe in your direction to cover car fixit costs.

Also, a reader writes:

Next time you run prayer requests, also, could you stick in one for me? Work’s going horribly; I have fallout from a previous relationship I’m far from over (and not sure I want to get over); and having signed up to for RCIA, I am now seeing some rather discouraging stuff – priests & spiritual advisors who’ve been badly burned by overly legalistic, guilt-trip priests-are-your-ultimate-overlords-listen-to-us-you-peons Catholicism to the point where they’re now reluctant to call a sin a sin even when someone really needs to be told that – and I know someone who needs to be told that, who went looking for help and clarification, and basically got a load of advice on how to massage guilt back into submission. It’s like watching a child ask for a fish and be given a snake, by people who’ve become less than clear on the difference due to being beaten up by haddock-wielding fishmongers as children. I’m not sure what to do except pray for the recipient of the bad advice.

Father, hear our prayer for your servant who seeks to know and do your will, that they would have access to the fullness of your truth and provision through our Lord Jesus Christ.