{"id":92245,"date":"2015-04-13T10:49:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T17:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=92245"},"modified":"2015-04-13T10:49:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T17:49:29","slug":"prayer-requests-and-works-of-mercy-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2015\/04\/prayer-requests-and-works-of-mercy-10.html","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Requests and Works of Mercy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A reader writes:<\/p>\n

Please pray for this young man who was struck by lightning<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Father, grant him complete healing in body, soul, and spirit. Give his caregivers grace, compassion, wisdom, counsel, knowledge, understanding, creativity, insight, skill, and the proper technology to assist in that healing. Give him and all who love him grace, peace, consolation, strength, faith, hope, and love. Mother Mary and St. Luke, pray for him. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p>\n

Another reader writes:<\/p>\n

This family lives in Twin Falls, Idaho. <\/a>They have limited means and purchased a new home, only to have the sewer main break on them shortly after. They may lose their home if they can\u2019t address the situation very soon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Father, hear our prayer for provision for this family through Christ our Lord. Mother Mary and St. Joseph, pray for them!<\/p>\n

Another reader writes:<\/p>\n

I have a praise report and another prayer request.
\nFor myself, I\u2019ve been happy now sometimes, and on occasion I even smile. Thank you for your prayers.
\nFor my extended family, there\u2019s a certain enormously screwed-up situation which has been going on for a while now, but has suddenly grown even more enormous and screwed-up. The details don\u2019t matter so much as that there\u2019s people involved. Please pray for everyone involved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Father, thank you for hearing our prayer. Continue your work of healing in this man\u2019s life and extend it to his family as well. Mother Mary, St. Joseph, and St. Dymphna, pray for them. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.<\/p>\n

A reader writes:<\/p>\n

Dear family and friends,<\/p>\n

Sorry for the mass email, but we\u2019re hoping you\u2019ll be able to give our family a small bit of help and this seems to be the best means of doing so.\u00a0 All it requires is that you vote at a Facebook page (link listed below \u2014 and please feel free to forward this request on to as many friends as possible).<\/span><\/p>\n

Background info: Our eldest, Ryan, will be graduating high school in a couple of months and he wants to learn a trade.\u00a0 Specifically, he wants to become an electrician.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through his research, Ryan discovered that Mike Rowe of the TV show, \u201cDirty Jobs,\u201d established a foundation dedicated to providing scholarships to help young men and women go to trade school.\u00a0 He has entered the \u201cMike Rowe WORKS\u201d scholarship competition and needs your help to compete.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ryan has submitted a written essay (attached) and a four-minute video essay, which you can view here (click on the \u201cView Entries\u201d button at the bottom of the page, then Ryan\u2019s video should be the first one listed \u2013 if not, you can search for his name):<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DeltaTechHornLake?v=app_486254294756872&rest=1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The scholarship winner is determined by whoever gets the largest number of votes for his\/her video.\u00a0 In order to vote, you\u2019ll have to login to a Facebook account.\u00a0 The foundation uses the Facebook aspect to limit voting to one vote per account (if you don\u2019t have a Facebook account, it\u2019s easy to get one and you don\u2019t have to provide any personal information).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Unfortunately, it is a networking exercise and is not based on the merit, content or quality of the written or video essay.\u00a0 That said, I think you will find both of Ryan\u2019s entries worthy of your endorsements.<\/span><\/p>\n

********* Voting closes on May 4th, so vote now while you\u2019re thinking about it!!! **********<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Again, please forward this email to whomever you like.\u00a0 Obviously, we\u2019re trying to get Ryan\u2019s video in front of as many people as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks very much, and we\u2019ll let you know how it goes.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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