A reader writes:<\/p>\n
Please pray for a friend of mine who suffered a collapsed lung recently. He is doing well as far as I know, but still has a tube in his lung and is not fully out of danger yet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Father, hear our prayer for his complete healing, for his caregivers\u00a0to treat him wisely and well, and\u00a0for grace, peace, and strength for all who love him.\u00a0 Mother Mary and St. Luke, pray for him.\u00a0 We ask this through Christ our Lord.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n
Another reader writes:<\/p>\n
I was wondering if you could ask your readers to pray for me.\u00a0 I recently quit my job after being sexually harassed and retaliated against at work by the attacker, who happens to be the head of the organization.\u00a0 I just want to move on and get a another job, but I am feeling really sad and depressed at the moment.\u00a0 Please pray for my spirit and that I find a job.\u00a0 I have been in several jobs in the past few years and have lost them due to the downturn in the economy and I am truly afraid that I will make another bad choice.\u00a0 I had a really bad feeling about this person when I accepted the job a little over a year ago, but I accepted the position despite what my trepidation.\u00a0 Also, please ask your readers to pray for him.\u00a0 He really needs the prayers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Father, hear our pray for your daughter that she can heal from this injustice, forgive her victimizer, and find a better job.\u00a0 Bless her faithfulness to you and reward it abundantly.\u00a0 Bless also her old boss.\u00a0 Guide and provide for her and hear her pray for her old boss\u2019 salvation and redemption.\u00a0 Mother Mary, pray for them both.\u00a0 We ask this through Christ our Lord.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n
Another reader writes:<\/p>\n
I was wondering If I could ask your readers to pray for the healing of my Uncle George.\u00a0 He is battling cancer and it is not looking hopeful.\u00a0 He\u2019s been like a second father to me, I just wish I could bear it for him instead.\u00a0 And also for my wife and I to be reunited soon.\u00a0 We have been apart for\u00a0nearly 8\u00a0months due to the immigration process.\u00a0 I just feel so overwhelmed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Father, we ask for the grace of healing for Uncle George or, if it be your will, the grace of a happy death.\u00a0 Grant also that my reader have peace and strength through this trial and that he be swiftly reunited with his wife.\u00a0 Give him grace, peace, strength, and clear wits to do your will and hand it all over to you.\u00a0 Mother Mary, St. Luke, St. Peregrine, and St. Joseph, pray for all this needs.\u00a0 We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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