Catholic Prayer Request for Father Elijah

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[Salvation]

To: patent; Askel5; Romulus; Salvation; goldenstategirl; constitutiongirl; tiki; redhead...

This doesn't fit this thread exactly, except I need your prayers and the prayers of Our Lady Mary, Queen of All Saints.

We are getting horrible news from the Sudan, and tomorrow morning I will be leaving with several others for Kenya and then parts unknown. Please pray for the Church and for persecuted Christians. And please say a prayer for me and my confreres.

God bless you! I hope to be back with you here soon.

79 posted on 4/10/02 12:36 PM Pacific by father_elijah
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[Salvation]

I thought that This request warranted its own thread. [#79] from posted thread

[Salvation]

Prayers are on the way!

May our blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, protect you as you travel on this endeavor of mercy. In His name we pray.
Amen.

[Domestic Church]

God Bless and God Speed to you Father Elijah. Will continue in prayer. Peace and all good things,

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Prayers

[pro-life]

i will keep you in my prayers, that God will watch over and protect you and all who are with you.

[Romulus]

Prayer to Saint Raphael

O Raphael, lead us toward those we are waiting for, those who are waiting for us: Raphael, Angel of happy meeting, lead us by the hand toward those we are looking for. May all our movements be guided by your Light and transfigured with your joy.

Angel, guide of Tobias, lay the request we now address to you at the feet of Him on whole unveiled Face you are privileged to gaze. Lonely and tired, crushed by the separations and sorrows of life, we feel the need of calling you and of pleading for the protection of your wings, so that we may not be as strangers in the province of joy, all ignorant of the concerns of our country. Remember the weak, you who are strong, you whose home lies beyond the region of thunder, in a land that is always peaceful, always serene and bright with the resplendent glory of God.

Flannery O'Connor quotes this prayer, which she attributes to Ernest Hello, in a letter dated 14 July 1964, less than a month before her death.

[tiki]

Father Elijah prayer bump

[Gophack]

Father, you will be in my prayers. God bless you.

[Gophack]

Do you know what is going on in the Sudan and Kenya? Excuse my ignorance in foreign affairs. Thank you.

[FormerLib]

O Lord, You who steadied the hand of Peter as he began to sink on the stormy sea, if you are with us, no one is against us. Grant to your servant the shield of faith and the mighty armor of the Holy Spirit to protect and guide him and us to do Your will. The future we put into Your hands, O Lord, and we follow You to a life in Christ. Amen

[ltlflwr]

God bless you, Father. I will keep you in my prayers.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

That was nice.

[history_matters]

That is one of the most beautiful prayers I've ever read. Thank you.

I offer my prayers for Father too.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

The Pieta Prayer book listed on #4 is available from the OLRL site: http://olrl.org/pray/pieta/

(Our Lady of the Rosary Library)

[Salvation]

Wow! What a site! Thanks for that link.

[Salvation]

A daughter at the age of 23 was taken from her parents and fiancee this last weekend. I attended the wake last night and the funeral today. Sometimes it is hard for people to fathom the "WHY" of such a young person passing on to Heaven.

We all hope and pray you are safe and able to help the Christians in Sudan and Kenya. May the Lord provide a hedge of safety around you and the other priests and nuns who are there to serve these people. Amen.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Any time. I was pleased to find it after keywording "Pieta prayer book" through www.google.com.
(one of my favorite prayer books)

[Salvation]

Sudan rebels capture bishop, missionary

[ventana]

I pray that in your journey you will encounter friendship--a smile God provides. I pray that in your journey you will encounter a poor man's wisdom--a gentle instruction God provides. I pray that in your journey you will encounter new life amidst the strife--a promise God makes to us all. V's wife.