{"id":92226,"date":"2015-04-11T09:46:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T16:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=92226"},"modified":"2015-04-11T09:46:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T16:46:38","slug":"todays-chance-to-do-a-work-of-mercy-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2015\/04\/todays-chance-to-do-a-work-of-mercy-17.html","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Chance to Do a Work of Mercy"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>A reader writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My wife has a friend in need. His name is Mike. He is not only at the end of his finances with nothing very promising on the horizon but he seems also to be having an existential crisis of faith . . . and losing. Which is probably way his prospects seem so bleak to him right now. He is a little low on faith and hope.\u00a0 Prayers and donations to help him from your readers would be greatly appreciated. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/rgkfr4\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/rgkfr4<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Father, hear our prayer for provision for Mike\u2019s needs and for a restoration of the graces of faith, hope, and love in the Lord Jesus. \u00a0Mother Mary, pray for him. \u00a0We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reader writes: My wife has a friend in need. His name is Mike. 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