Prayer Requests

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On this page, readers are invited to send in their prayer requests. I will leave requests up for nine days. All readers are invited to pray for those who ask for it and any who want to offer a word of comfort are invited to do so, as well. May we work together to mutually build each other up and support each other in times of trial.

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  1. Please pray for my nephew’s best friend. He was walking home from a wedding in NYC and was mugged. He is on life support. Thank you for your prayers.

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    4. A sad correction on the details… he was at his sister’s wedding waiting for an Uber to take him back to his hotel.

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  4. Please pray for my 21-year-old son who had several seizures, for the first time, over the weekend. He lives halfway across the country in a questionable living situation with questionable people. I’m sick with worry over him. Thank you so much.

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  7. If you could tuck my health intentions into your prayers, it’d be greatly appreciated;
    homebound for several years and not much improvement after 2 back surgeries and
    lots of ph.th. and now want to avoid knee surgery. Thanks so much in advance; I pray
    for all stated and private intentions of ASOH.

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    2. Dear Marie-I too have suffered from back pain for 50 years due to various injuries…lately I have taken to begging Mother Angelica for her intersection. Another St. for backs is St. Obelia.
      Praying for you, Marie.

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  8. Please pray for my husband to win his appeal for unemployment compensation that has been unjustly withheld from him. Putting our family in financial difficulties.

    The judge presiding at the UC hearing is Leanna Barnett. Please pray she judges in our favor.

    God willing. Thank you!!

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  9. Please pray for my beautiful young friend Jessie. She is the one I attended an emotional Rachel’s Vineyard retreat with. She also came into full communion with the Catholic Church this Easter. WELL, Jessie is taking her MCAT on Saturday. WIth her experience as an Emergency Department nurse and her intelligence and loving heart, she will make a phenomenal physician. Prayers for Jessie!

    Saint Thomas Aquinas, pray for us.
    Saint Giuseppe Moscati, pray for us.
    Saint Joseph of Cupertino, patron saint of test-taking, pray for us.
    Our Lady, Queen of All Saints, pray for us.

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    1. MCAT… ouch! I’ll definitely keep Jessie in my prayers, Patrick. And thanks for cluing me in that there’s a patron saint of test-taking. I’ll have to tell me kids about that.

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  11. Several prayer requests for the dying today:

    ✝️ Please pray for Marshall who is on hospice.

    ✝️ Please pray for Bill who is on hospice. The family is hoping for recovery.

    And this just came in:
    “Today, my oldest brother Matt asked me to contact you for prayers.

    One of his best friends from high school and throughout life… just had a heart attack and stroke and they can’t wake him up. He is only 66 years old. The doctors say he only has a few days to live.

    He is out of town in a hospital in another state with his wife. Matt is traveling to see John P. this Sunday. We pray he gets there safe and sound before John passes.

    ✝️ Please pray for John and his wife Chris and the doctors / medical team caring for him.

    John has been a long time friend of our family and has a full life to live for…. his wife, grown children, grandchildren, friends and our Lord.

    Please storm heaven for John P. ”
    * * * * * *

    Please pray a Chaplet of Divine Mercy for each, if you are able.

    St. Joseph, Patron of the Dying, pray for Marshall, Bill, and John.
    St. Faustina, pray for us.

    Thank you,
    Patrick
    Spiritual Hospice.com

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  14. A request was just sent to me from my Portuguese friend, Lourdes Moreira. Her youngest daughter, Teresa, is suffering complete liver failure and a transplant is needed.

    The situation is dire. Teresa has been in and out of the hospital and is in need of our prayers.

    Thank you very much.
    Patrick

    (Her aunt, Fernanda, is the one who authored the Holy Hour Devotion for the Dying booklet with me and inspired the Spiritual Hospice Ministry.)

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    2. Good morning Patrick! Isn’t that wonderful to meet the author of some of the literature that is available these days. I was glad when I obtained a copy of that booklet you spoke of. I will offer prayers for Teresa and her family. It sounds like a very dire time for them. God bless everyone here!

      Catherine

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      1. Thank you, Cathe!

        Yes, it was an honor to meet Fernanda, a deeply devout and spiritual woman. The Holy Spirit brought us together in a remarkable way when I was in Cincinnati. Today, He remains so active through her: The booklets and brochures she has made since I last worked with her are truly beautiful. She is very prolific, especially for a non-native English speaker. She is a housekeeper with only the most basic education! (That’s the Holy Spirit for you!) She and I are talking about making more of her beautiful materials available on my website.

        God bless.

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        1. Praying for Teresa and her family, Patrick. Also noting that when Fernanda wrote to me she held you and your involvement in her project in the highest regard. How blessed are each of you to be joined in this much needed and holy ministry to the dying. Blessed be God in each of you and in your work together!

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  15. Please pray for some special intentions for my family and extended family and peace in the midst of much confusion. Also prayers please to know and do Gods will. It seems to be that God is concealing what He wishes for some reason and I am scared. This is a great trial and prayers to remain faithful which seems like it is more up to me than Him. I don’t understand what He is asking and what He wants. It is a darkness and only He can give me the strength and courage in the midst of it. Thank you and God bless you.

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    4. Dear thankful4mercy,
      I’m praying for you and your intentions.
      I liked that one post Charlie did sometime back about God knows who and where we are. It does get scary. Try to remember the scripture about Jesus walking on water. As long as Peter kept his eyes on Jesus he was able to walk. The second he took his eyes off he started to sink. The Son is shining above the storm clouds. Blessed be God forever.

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    3. Prayers for Mike P.’s soul- asking for a release of holy souls who will take care to this and all of Mike’s family and friends.

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  18. Let us pray that young people in Africa may have access to education and work in their own countries.

    Pope Francis – September 2018 prayer intentions

    Africa is a wealthy continent, and its greatest, most valuable resource is its young people.
    They should be able to choose between letting themselves be overcome by difficulty or transforming the difficulty into an opportunity.
    The most effective way to help them in this choice is to invest in their education.
    If young people don’t have the possibility of education, what future can they have?
    Let us pray that young people in Africa may have access to education and work in their own countries.

    ❤

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  21. Is it the time of year or what? Big things are happening in everyone’s life it seems.

    Please pray for another friend, Deb. Doctors can’t figure out exactly what is wrong with her. She has really bad chest pain but have ruled out cancer, blot clot in the lungs, and pneumonia. Please pray for the doctors to know how to treat her.

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  22. Please pray for a young woman named Deena who has bone cancer and is pregnant. The life of both the mother and the child are in danger. The father of the child is incarcerated and, of course, feels helpless.

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  24. Praying in thanksgiving for the successful removal of a tumor from my youngest daughter today. A bit of a glitch… the surgeon dropped a small metal clip in her and was unable to find it. It remains inside her. We are being told it is not a concern but a somewhat similar oops almost took my oldest daughter’s life. It’s difficult not to be concerned. Thanks to all for your prayers.

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  25. Please keep me in your prayers. I have had wicked ‘deja vu’ for past couple hours. I attribute it to my recent evangelization promotion for the Gosnell movie and also a good confession on this Feast Exaltation of the Cross 🙂 It also could be a positive step in Chastity with a friend.

    It has calmed down upon since I doused my apartment with Holy Water, Blessed Salt and ingestion of the Holy Water & Salt…(blessed by my Diocese Bishop:)
    Cheers,
    Sean

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    3. Thank you for your prayers. It was a little struggle to get to the Holy Hour at Church but well worth it:)

      I have had a grace filled day. I went to St. Mary’s Church for the Holy Hour and a team member on the Spiritual warfare team prayed over me and anointed Holy Oil (St. Faustina). {This morning after mass I had prayed the Chaplet of St. Michael adjacent to a First class relic if St. Faustina}.

      We prayed the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at St. Mary’s Church at the Holy Hour 3PM. I prayed my mid-afternoon Divine Office then prayed the Stations of the Cross, offering for the conversion of sinners. Halfway through, a gentleman inquired if I could spare some change for a meal. I heartily assisted, internally thanking God for the opportunity of giving an alms.

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        1. Thanks Mick. In hindsight, it was He who blessed me! I am so glad, I didn’t hesitate and smoothly picked off a bill for him and another for him to purchase a meal for a friend. It was quite wonderful. Looking back, during my morning adoration, I actually prayed for an alms giving opportunity and gave some $ in the Adoration Chapel of Peace offering “poor” box. It didn’t hit me until my evening prayers reflecting on this day, how blessed I have been.

          Thank you again for your prayers. May God bless all here on ASOH and TRNS community and those friends who offered their prayer support.

          Cheers!

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  26. Please pray for me. Holy buckets, there are so many new students this year at school with some really awful behaviors. There are about ten kindergarteners who are literally feral. Help!

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      1. Thank you, Beckita. A couple of days ago, I witnessed a third grader threaten a staff member, that he was going to punch her in the face. The kid is about double my size. It is scary teaching these days.

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  27. Beckita and all here, thank you so much for your prayers a few months ago. Have been doing well for the past few months. Prayers for all.

    Taking the next right step. Amen.

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  28. A huge prayer of thanksgiving for the miracle of my nephew walking away from a car accident. He was rear ended at highway speed which caused his car to spin around. A semi then struck my nephew’s car. The steering column broke so the air bag went off at his feet yet he walked away with only a broken clavicle. My nephew called out for God to help him to survive as the accident was happening and God in his mercy saved him. Thank you Jesus!!

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  30. A young man named Michael, age 26, was diagnosed with Colon cancer today (10/3/19). He is having a CAT scan to see if it has spread. Please pray for his healing. Pray that he will not have to have his entire colon removed and that the cancer does not spread.

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  32. We have a lot of bad people in the world right now, and from what I gather, Dianne Feinstein has been one of them. Today (Oct 4) she reviewed the FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh and from the video below, realized that she has reached the end of her road. Justice is coming, and much sooner than she hoped it would. I find this video heart-wrenching.

    http://dcwhispers.com/look-at-senator-feinstein-after-she-saw-the-kavanaugh-report-something-went-very-very-wrong-for-her-video/#2YgeIGIrSHLwoAfl.97

    I believe we are going to see a lot of Justice over the next year or two, and make no mistake, that is a very good thing. We are also going to see a lot of people who are realizing they have created a long life of very bad choices and find themselves feeling utterly lost. I think Dianne Feinstein might be salvageable, might be saved, right at this moment, right in this day when she sees Justice suddenly looming.

    As we see so many people facing Justice over the next year, we are going to see more heart-wrenching scenes like this. I think perhaps some prayers for this woman might be the first prayers of many we may all say for so many people who will find themselves right where she now is. A prayer at this moment won’t save her from Justice in our physical world, nor should it necessarily, but it might save her soul. Anyone who wants to join me in praying for her, I welcome the company. God have mercy on her soul.

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    1. Such poignant, heart-piercing music, Steve. Praying for Dianne Feinstein and for all who will be facing truth about themselves as God’s Plan continues unfolding in all its perfection. Especially praying against spirits of despair for any and all who find themselves in such a state as the video reflects. May each one of us lean into God who is Love and Mercy.

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  33. Please pray for my son, who is dealing with some catastrophic results of bad choices he has made. Especially pray that these difficulties will cause him to seek the Lord and not run further from Him. Also, please pray for me and my husband as we try to help him with with our very limited emotional and financial resources. Thank you.

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    2. Lin, This prayer was in Fr. Heilman’s email post today. (you’re inc. in my intentions)..

      Secret Weapon Prayer

      In her diary, Divine Mercy in My Soul, Saint Faustina Kowalska recorded that she received a private revelation regarding intercessory prayer from Jesus who told her to “Call upon My mercy on behalf of sinners; I desire their salvation. When you say this prayer, with a contrite heart and with faith on behalf of some sinner, I will give them the grace of conversion.”

      This is the prayer:

      “O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of Mercy for us, I trust in You” (Diary, 186-187).

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  34. Please pray for Justice for a student of mine in the special needs class. He is maimed but a survivor of abuse by his father. His father spent time in prison for the permanent damage done to his son. However, the father is on the LAM as he recently injured this child and his younger sibling. Please pray he turns himself in and for healing for these children.

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  35. Please keep my Parents in your prayers. Due to their remote location middle of the Adirondacks, no one desires to travel to fix their furnace. They have been without furnace heat for over one month. They are using the wood stove and electrical heaters to get by.

    Phone calls have been made. Appointments have been scheduled, no one shows up.

    I appreciate your prayers.
    Thank you.

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  38. Please pray for my four year old grandson. He has been fighting a fever and cold for several days and is suddenly unable to stand. We fear it is the polio type thing that is going around. They are driving while looking for an ER that will take their insurance as they are currently out of town. Prayers appreciated!!

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  39. I’m praying for all intentions here. I don’t always comment but I do read and pray for this ASOH family and their needs.
    Grandson is still in the ER. Negative on the flu. Still checking for AFM as he is still refusing (unable?) to stand.

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    1. AFM ruled out!! Thank you Jesus! They are thinking parainfluenza croup ( unrelated to influenza). We can deal with that.
      With a grateful heart I say thanks to everyone.

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  40. ✝️ Please pray for “Uncle Don” who is 90. His health is declining from dementia, COPD, & heart failure. Thank you.

    ✝️ Please pray for the soul of Melvin who just passed away. May he Rest In Peace.

    😔 Of course, we are praying for all those touched by the tragic synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh today. Lord, have Mercy on us.

    ♥️ I wish to conclude with a PRAISE and a big THANK YOU:
    My young friends April and Jason who are hoping for their first child after two miscarriages are expecting their baby girl to arrive on December 16. 👼 Thank you all who prayed for this miracle for them. Their hearts are filled with joy!

    I believe her name will be Evelyn Rose 🌹

    Yours in Christ Jesus,
    Patrick

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    1. Patrick, so glad to hear about April and Jason! I will keep them in my prayers (and baby Evelyn Rose, too). I will also pray for “Uncle Don,” Melvin, and all those involved in the terrible situation in Pittsburgh.

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    2. Patrick, I have offered a prayer for you and all your intentions. Evelyn Rose is a beautiful name. I am so happy for April and Jason. May the reminder of April’s pregnancy, and her labor and delivery of their precious daughter be free of any complications.

      ❤

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    3. Joining in to offer prayers for these people, Patrick. For the repose of Melvin’s soul and for his dear ones who are mourning. Praying, too, for Don and all his needs at this time. Giving the child of April and Jason, now in the womb, to Our Lady that the pregnancy safely ends in a beautiful delivery and welcome for the newborn. And, as you say, prayers are already rising for the repose of the souls who died in that horrible event yesterday and for healing for the living. God bless each one and God bless you, Patrick, for bringing them to our intercessory prayers.

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  41. Dear TNRS-ASOH family, could I ask you all to please pray for my godfather? He’s 81, he’s a Marine, and he had a stroke in August. The doctors are suggesting palliative care, as he seems to not be responding to any treatment or therapy. He’s been away from the Sacraments for nearly 40 years. Please pray for physical healing (if that be God’s will) and a return to the Sacraments for my dear godfather. Thanks.

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  42. Please pray for the gift for my husband to see and understand that there is a spiritual war going on.

    And the seriousness of his choice to vote for abortion supporting democrats.

    He feels it is none of business what women choose. Always forgetting the unborn

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  43. Thank you Beckita. I am so upset with my husband. I thought his heart was softening. He says he hadnt had a “fall to his knees moment”.
    And I imagine he will get just that but not in the way he imagines.

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    1. I think we’ll all get our fall to our knees moment. I do. At moments of frustration like these, little one, I think of the oft used phrase by Our Lady of Medjugorje: Children, I invite you.

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  44. Alas, I must bring my own request for prayer to this oasis of care.

    This evening my year-younger brother had his second heart attack. He is comfortable now but tomorrow faces difficult choices, most likely a bypass via open-heart surgery in a few days.

    He is a good man but needs a better connection with God. A deep healing at many levels.

    So with a mustard seed of faith, I am requesting healing prayers for him, whatever you can spare, and for which you have my deepest gratitude. 🙏🏻

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    4. Praying for your brother, Steve, via a PMT and sending St. John of God – patron of heart patients – to remain by his side and to guide the medical team caring for him. May Our Lady intercede for your whole family at this time.

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    6. Thank you all very much for your prayers. You and your prayers give me hope and surety that God’s will is being done as gently and joyously as is possible.

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  45. Pope Francis – November 2018 Prayer Intention

    Let us pray together that the language of love and dialogue may always prevail over the language of conflict.

    We all want peace. It is desired above all by those who suffer its absence.
    We can speak with splendid words, but if there is no peace in our heart, there will be no peace in the world.
    With zero violence and 100 percent tenderness, let us build the evangelical peace that excludes no one.
    Let us pray together that the language of love and dialogue may always prevail over the language of conflict.

    In the Service of Peace – The Pope Video 11 – November 2018 https://youtu.be/2mi2IHVFlWs

    ❤

    In the Service of Peace – The Pope Video 11 – November 2018 https://youtu.be/2mi2IHVFlWs

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  47. Sorry to be such a pest but it’s been quite the week. I ask that you join me in praying for God’s perfect Will to be done in each of these cases.
    1) Four year old grandson much improved but still fighting some un-named illness.
    2) My first cousin was placed in hospice care (battling cancer).
    3) My son’s mother-in-law has been fighting brain cancer and they are now talking hospice.
    4) Son-in-law Jerry had scans this week. The cancer has landed in his lungs ( round #3). He starts chemo again tomorrow.
    Please also pray for the repose of the soul of Kim, wife of a classmate. She collapsed suddenly two months ago, became paralyzed and in a coma. They never did figure it out. She passed a week ago.
    As I said, it’s been a busy week.
    God Bless All.

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    1. Praying for all these intentions, Kris, just as you say: in God’s perfect Will. May our Mother of Mercy tend to the needs of each of your dear ones in this time, bringing each one, and all in your family, the strength and consolation which carries you all through these trials. PS Kris, you’re never a pest. Never ever.

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      1. Thanks Beckita. I get a bit sheepish asking so often. Everyone is going through the storm. I know we are here to help each other … perhaps my pride is getting in the way.

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    3. Dear Kris R.,
      I’m so thankful you posted all of your requests. Prayers for all of your loved ones.

      I am suspicious that the evil one wants us to believe we are pests for posting as you have to isolate us. Does that make sense? As I look around it seems as though there are major events coming at us faster than we can process. I keep going back to Peter walking on water as long as he kept his focus on Jesus. Once his focus was diverted he sank. I am writing this as much for you as for myself.
      Holey Buckets this storm is fierce.

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      1. Amen HTTP. I am often prone to second guessing my own actions. And you are so right about evil wanting to isolate. Trying to go it alone is another tendency I suffer. Thanks for your support.

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  49. A combo petition for prayer and input. My daughter turned down a request from friend to be a bridesmaid for the friend’s lesbian wedding. One priest told her she can’t go to the wedding but can attend the reception; another priest said the opposite: can attend the ceremony but not the reception; I suggested she get a third opinion from a different priest.
    Any thoughts appreciated and of course, prayers for wisdom.

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      1. We just discussed your daughter’s dilemma this morning, Marie. You see, I get that going to the wedding and also the reception are signs of approval of the errant union. But I am always concerned about how to love the person in the midst of their sin, how to preserve the relationship so as to continue witnessing to Truth even if by how one lives his/her life. Father said do not go to either the ceremony or reception. He suggested giving a gift as a sign of the love and care your daughter has for her friend. May Holy Spirit guide your daughter and you, Marie, as you discern how best to live your faith while loving those who are yet on the wide path rather than the narrow way.

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        1. Thank you very much, Beckita, Fr. Wang and Mick for your wise input. I will share your counsel with my daughter and pray she makes the correct decision, however difficult it may be.

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    2. Marie, I will pray for wisdom for your daughter, and for you as you advise her. That took guts for her to turn down the bridesmaid request. If my daughter were in your daughter’s shoes, I would suggest to her that she not attend either the ceremony or the reception, and that she not give or send a gift. That might sound harsh, but it seems to me that doing any of the above would imply some level of celebration or approval of the lesbian “union.” Just my two cents.

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      1. Thanks for the prayers, Mick and Beckita! May all of our prayers for everyone here continually boomerang with ever increasing graces as we’ll need them more than ever as the storm intensifies.

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  50. Marie, years ago a childhood friend sent a letter saying she and her female partner were looking to get married. I pondered what I would say or do if I got an invite. This response came in to my mind: “(friend’s name), I care deeply about you. You are my friend. I would never lie to you and tell you it’s OK.”
    I didn’t get an invite but that response has stayed with me all these years.

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