A reader writes:<\/p>\n
I write hoping to make the blog prayer requests. A friend of mine just received a diagnosis for her unborn child. Trisomy 18: Incompatible with Life. It seems hopeless, so all I can think of doing to trying to bomb heaven with prayers for a miracle\u2013even if it is only for the healing of her family in their time of grief, especially the big brother and sister who were so looking forward to having a baby sibling. The baby isn\u2019t due until April, so she\u2019ll have a while of carrying her living child only to expect to deliver him or her to have a funeral.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Father, grant your grace, strength and healing to this family in this difficult time and grant eternal life to this child through Christ our Lord. Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for this family.<\/p>\n
Another reader writes:<\/p>\n
I would love prayers for my husband (and father of our 8 kids), who\u2019s been diagnosed with an immune-system disorder which causes blood vessels to swell and cut off blood flow to the organs. It\u2019s not curable but can go into remission with the right drugs, which they haven\u2019t hit on yet, and he\u2019s having a lousy time with side effects from the drugs they\u2019ve tried so far.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Father, hear our prayer for this man\u2019s healing and for grace, strength and peace for him and all who love him through Christ our Lord. Mother Mary and St. Luke, pray for wisdom, skill and compassionate hearts for his caregivers.<\/p>\n
Another reader writes:<\/p>\n
Please pray for a friend of mine on FB who is considering becoming a Catholic from Lutheranism. The RCIA team needs to know soon. Thanks!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Father, guide this person into full communion with your Church and into the path of intentional discipleship to our Lord Jesus Christ. Mother Mary, pray for this person and all involve in this process.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A reader writes: I write hoping to make the blog prayer requests. A friend of mine just received a diagnosis for her unborn child. Trisomy 18: Incompatible with Life. It seems hopeless, so all I can think of doing to trying to bomb heaven with prayers for a miracle\u2013even if it is only for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
Prayer Requests<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A reader writes: I write hoping to make the blog prayer requests. A friend of mine just received a diagnosis for her unborn child. Trisomy 18:\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/01\/prayer-requests-120.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prayer Requests\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A reader writes: I write hoping to make the blog prayer requests. A friend of mine just received a diagnosis for her unborn child. Trisomy 18:\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/01\/prayer-requests-120.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Catholic and Enjoying It!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-01-10T02:57:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-12-31T02:11:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Shea\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Shea\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/01\/prayer-requests-120.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/01\/prayer-requests-120.html\",\"name\":\"Prayer Requests\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-01-10T02:57:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-12-31T02:11:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/c1a9ac1e557d3c626974fd6692818ad5\"},\"description\":\"A reader writes: I write hoping to make the blog prayer requests. A friend of mine just received a diagnosis for her unborn child. Trisomy 18:\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/01\/prayer-requests-120.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/01\/prayer-requests-120.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/01\/prayer-requests-120.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Prayer Requests\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/\",\"name\":\"Catholic and Enjoying It!\",\"description\":\"Mark Shea's Blog: So That No Thought of Mine, No Matter How Stupid, Should Ever Go Unpublished Again!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/c1a9ac1e557d3c626974fd6692818ad5\",\"name\":\"Mark Shea\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f287911f45adc932ad24ddbae3597ed5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f287911f45adc932ad24ddbae3597ed5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mark Shea\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/author\/markshea\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Prayer Requests","description":"A reader writes: I write hoping to make the blog prayer requests. A friend of mine just received a diagnosis for her unborn child. Trisomy 18:","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/01\/prayer-requests-120.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Prayer Requests","og_description":"A reader writes: I write hoping to make the blog prayer requests. A friend of mine just received a diagnosis for her unborn child. Trisomy 18:","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/01\/prayer-requests-120.html","og_site_name":"Catholic and Enjoying It!","article_published_time":"2012-01-10T02:57:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-12-31T02:11:04+00:00","author":"Mark Shea","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Shea","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/01\/prayer-requests-120.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/01\/prayer-requests-120.html","name":"Prayer Requests","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-01-10T02:57:53+00:00","dateModified":"2014-12-31T02:11:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/c1a9ac1e557d3c626974fd6692818ad5"},"description":"A reader writes: I write hoping to make the blog prayer requests. A friend of mine just received a diagnosis for her unborn child. Trisomy 18:","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/01\/prayer-requests-120.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/01\/prayer-requests-120.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2012\/01\/prayer-requests-120.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Prayer Requests"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/","name":"Catholic and Enjoying It!","description":"Mark Shea's Blog: So That No Thought of Mine, No Matter How Stupid, Should Ever Go Unpublished Again!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/c1a9ac1e557d3c626974fd6692818ad5","name":"Mark Shea","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f287911f45adc932ad24ddbae3597ed5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f287911f45adc932ad24ddbae3597ed5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mark Shea"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/author\/markshea"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}