Father, hear our pray for all these people, and for the salvation of this man\u2019s soul through Christ our Lord. Mother Mary, pray for all concerned here. Amen.<\/p>\n
Two things. Firstly, I\u2019d like to once again thank your readers. I underwent back surgery over the summer and have recovered so quickly that it\u2019s amazing. My lower back, although still healing, is almost entirely pain-free \u2013 and I consider that to be a major miracle. I lived with debilitating pain for 5 years, and now I hear people telling me how wonderful I look \u2013 and it\u2019s just due to the fact that the pain is gone. Thanks be to God!<\/p>\n
Secondly, I have a prayer request for you \u2013 it may seem minor compared to the often very serious requests you get, but any prayers you and your readers could offer on this matter would still be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n
My sister attends the same public high school from which I graduated, and is one of the leaders of the drama club. The director, who is relatively new, is trying to ram through a grossly inappropriate musical for their upcoming spring production. My sister, along with a few other students, bravely took a stand against it and the show was changed. Now, she and her friends who also objected weren\u2019t cast in the fall drama.<\/p>\n
She is devastated; it is her senior year and she really loves acting (and is very, very good at it), but now she\u2019s been shut out of the show \u2013 and I truly do believe it was because she had the guts to stand up to him, since she\u2019s been in every show since her freshman year. It breaks my heart. She is a classic overachiever and therefore is very stressed out this year in general (college applications, SATs, AP classes), and this only makes things that much worse. I ask for prayers that she stops beating herself up over this and that she has a happy and successful senior year no matter what happens. Prayers for the director would probably be good too, although admittedly I\u2019m having rather a hard time formulating a prayer for him that doesn\u2019t make my blood pressure shoot through the roof\u2026 so I\u2019ll just leave it at that \u2013 pray for him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Father, thanks be to you and praise for hearing our prayer for your servant. We also want to pray for this unjust situation and ask that you would straighten it out as well as help this young woman learn to bear wrongs patiently and grow in the image and likeness of Christ. We ask this through Christ our Lord and we ask the intercession of Mother Mary. Amen.<\/p>\n