http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/prayer-religion/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:42:11 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2051259/posts America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. This thread is a daily call and reminder for people of faith who believe in God and in the power of prayer to make a commitment to intercede for America at this critical time in her history 2 Chronicles 7:14If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2051259/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:42:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050992/posts July 25, 2008                                    Feast of Saint James, Apostle       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 12 Cor 4:7-15 Brothers and sisters:We hold this treasure in earthen vessels,that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us.We are afflicted in every way, but not constrained;perplexed, but not driven to despair;persecuted, but not abandoned;struck down, but not destroyed;always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus,so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body.For we who live are constantly being given up to deathfor the sake of Jesus,so that the life of Jesus may be... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050992/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:50:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050665/posts America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. This thread is a daily call and reminder for people of faith who believe in God and in the power of prayer to make a commitment to intercede for America at this critical time in her history 2 Chronicles 7:14If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050665/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:02:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050609/posts I've just received a freepmail from a freeper whose sister-in-law is dying of cancer, and death is now very near, 48 hours or less. Please, I beg all of you to stop and say a prayer for her, and for her family. Thank you. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050609/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:24:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050375/posts July 24, 2008                                     Thursday of the Sixteenth Week                                 in Ordinary Time       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Jer 2:1-3, 7-8, 12-13 This word of the LORD came to me:Go, cry out this message for Jerusalem to hear! I remember the devotion of your youth,how you loved me as a bride,Following me in the desert,in a land unsown.Sacred to the LORD was Israel,the first fruits of his harvest;Should any presume to partake of them,evil would befall them, says the LORD. When I brought... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050375/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:48:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050228/posts For the Christian, the center from which the Divine design proceeds within the fabric of our own lives- and through which we begin to discern the beauty of God’s perfect plan - is the Cross of Jesus Christ. It is the central patch of cloth from which the pattern proceeds. It is also where the pattern returns. However, seeing this pattern requires ongoing conversion. We need the eyes that can only come through living faith. We need the strength to pull ourselves up by grasping the wood. It is only there where we begin to see that the threads all... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050228/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:40:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050024/posts America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. This thread is a daily call and reminder for people of faith who believe in God and in the power of prayer to make a commitment to intercede for America at this critical time in her history 2 Chronicles 7:14If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050024/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:12:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049801/posts July 23, 2008                                  Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week                                 in Ordinary Time       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Jer 1:1, 4-10 The words of Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah,of a priestly family in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin. The word of the LORD came to me thus: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,before you were born I dedicated you,a prophet to the nations I appointed you.“Ah, Lord GOD!” I said,(I know not how to speak; I am too young.” But the LORD answered me,Say not, “I am too... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049801/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:39:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049688/posts SYDNEY, Australia, JULY 21, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI told pilgrims at the Youth Day closing Mass not to fear a call to the priesthood or consecrated life. One statistic indicates his words fell on fertile soil: An average of 2,500 pilgrims an hour visited the Vocations Expo in Sydney. This and other statistics reveal the most spiritual and the most simple aspects of the 23rd World Youth Day, which concluded Sunday. More than 400,000 people attended the closing Mass. And 500,000 welcomed the Pope to Sydney for his official arrival on Thursday. The number of international and local pilgrims was... ZNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049688/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:53:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049316/posts Tel Aviv- A tree blessed eight years ago by Pope John Paul II during his visit to the Holy Land was the only one in its plot of land to produce olives this year, a Jewish National Fund official said. "It is a miracle," Yossi Karni from the JNF, which maintains the plot, told local media. During a visit to northern Israel, near the Sea of Galilee, John Paul blessed a tree that was planted on the Mount of Beatitudes, where according to Christian beliefs Jesus gave his Sermon on the Mount. Karni noted that all the trees on the... Earth Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049316/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:07:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049223/posts July 22, 2008                                  Memorial of Saint Mary Magdalene       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Mi 7:14-15, 18-20 Shepherd your people with your staff,the flock of your inheritance,That dwells apart in a woodland,in the midst of Carmel.Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,as in the days of old;As in the days when you came from the land of Egypt,show us wonderful signs. Who is there like you, the God who removes guiltand pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance;Who does not persist in anger forever,but delights rather in clemency,And will... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049223/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:43:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048926/posts ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Joseph Jiang Mingyuan passes away: clergy, religious, and laity of Zhaoxian remember him as a zealous priest and a holy pastor, a resplendent example of faithful and sincere witness to the Lord and His Church, even in times of hardship Biancun (Agenzia Fides) – On July 13, at 77 years of age, His Excellency Joseph Jiang Mingyuan, Bishop of Chaohsien (Zhaoxian) and Administrator of Xingtai, in the Province of Hebei (continental China), passed away at 3:30 am at the residence for elderly clergy in Biancun. In December 2004, he suffered his first stroke, from which he was... Agenzia Fides http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048926/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:25:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048629/posts July 21, 2008                                     Monday of the Sixteenth Week                                      in Ordinary Time       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Mi 6:1-4, 6-8 Hear what the LORD says:Arise, present your plea before the mountains,and let the hills hear your voice!Hear, O mountains, the plea of the LORD,pay attention, O foundations of the earth!For the LORD has a plea against his people,and he enters into trial with Israel. O my people, what have I done to you,or how have I wearied you? Answer me!For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,from the... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048629/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:06:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048610/posts Father, we come before You thanking You for every time You use us, another being, an event or occurance to stop even one child from being aborted. Father we praise Your name and rejoice when the TRUTH is told and Your LIGHT shines forth in the darkness! Lord, thank You for bringing the voices of the post-abortives forth to speak Your TRUTH. Bless Dan and Julie Zanoza for sharing their story and their truth with those who will listen or read it. Give them and others the courage to stand up and be heard. May those words go forth to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048610/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:58:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048595/posts Posted on Sunday, July 20, 2008 "For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst" Matthew 18:20 For some time, through FReepmail, several FReepers have provided each other with a way to share prayer requests and praises. Now that the Non-denominational category has been established, we are offering a weekly thread in which posts of your requests and praises are welcome. Anyone, regardless of denomination, is welcome to bring their concerns here. The one thing that we hope to establish here, is that at a set time on Sunday evening, 11:00 p.m.... Freerepublic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048595/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:25:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048264/posts July 20, 2008                                     Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 1Wis 12:13, 16-19 There is no god besides you who have the care of all,that you need show you have not unjustly condemned.For your might is the source of justice;your mastery over all things makes you lenient to all.For you show your might when the perfection of your power is disbelieved;and in those who know you, you rebuke temerity.But though you are master of might, you judge with clemency,and with much lenience you govern us;for... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048264/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:59:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048176/posts With WYD's grand finale shortly to come -- the climactic closing liturgy at Randwick (vidstreams and Missal) begins at 10am local (2300GMT, 7pm ET Saturday) -- in one of the week's many nods to Australia's indigenous community, topping the stage at the major events has been a popular Aboriginal rendering of the Holy Spirit known as "Marjorie's Bird." Now, with the design about to take on an even bigger visibility as a key element of the specially-designed vestments for tomorrow's liturgy, Marjorie Liddy, the Tiwi islander behind the image (who never painted before seeing its outline in the sky... WITL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048176/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:01:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048116/posts Dear Young People,   What a delight it is to greet you here at Barangaroo, on the shores of the magnificent Sydney harbour, with its famous bridge and Opera House. Many of you are local, from the outback or the dynamic multicultural communities of Australian cities. Others of you have come from the scattered islands of Oceania, and others still from Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. Some of you, indeed, have come from as far as I have, Europe! Wherever we are from, we are here at last in Sydney. And together we stand in our world... EWTN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2048116/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:44:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047893/posts July 19, 2008                                     Saturday of the Fifteenth Week                                     in Ordinary Time       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Mi 2:1-5 Woe to those who plan iniquity,and work out evil on their couches;In the morning light they accomplish itwhen it lies within their power.They covet fields, and seize them;houses, and they take them;They cheat an owner of his house,a man of his inheritance.Therefore thus says the LORD:Behold, I am planning against this race an evilfrom which you shall not withdraw your necks;Nor shall... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047893/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:14:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047842/posts Sydney, Jul. 18, 2008 (CWNews.com) - A shadow fell over the World Youth Day (WYD) celebrations in Sydney, Australia, on July 18 when the Australian Cardinal Edward Cassidy was rushed to the hospital. The 84-year-old Cardinal Cassidy, a native of Sydney, was a longtime member of the Vatican diplomatic corps. From 1989 to 2001 he served as president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity. Cardinal Cassidy was reportedly hospitalized with a heart problem. At a Thursday meeting with other Christian leaders, Pope Benedict asked for prayers for the prelate's recovery. Cardinal Cassidy had originally been scheduled to take part... CWN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047842/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:25:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047829/posts Stumbling to my feet amidst this show of inspiration, Crumbling to the earth in chunks of ebony; sublime! Wonder fills my senses with divine anticipation… Peeking through the twilight; blankets laced with starry night, ______________________________________________________ Like an orange flower blooming out of just a notion, Gentle beams of sunlight soon initiate the stream, Before you know it, floods of light come streaming like an ocean The sea lay there before me basking in its radiant beam ______________________________________________________ What do I owe this pleasure? To the gods of here or there? Or to a Heavenly Father who created all we see,... fracturedrepublic.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047829/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:48:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047691/posts America has been greatly blessed by God and has stood as the greatest country in the history of the world for over 200 years. America has many foreign and domestic enemies that are seeking her destruction. This thread is a daily call and reminder for people of faith who believe in God and in the power of prayer to make a commitment to intercede for America at this critical time in her history 2 Chronicles 7:14If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047691/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:13:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047668/posts Romans 9 : 33 As it is written: “ Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” http://www.prayforgeorgewbush.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047668/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:39:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047295/posts A son asked his father, 'Dad, will you take part in a marathon with me?' The father who, despite having a heart condition, says 'Yes'. They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on to join other marathons, the father always saying 'Yes' to his son's request of going through the race together. One day, the son asked his father, 'Dad, let's join the Ironman together.' To which, his father said 'Yes' too. For those who didn't know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever. The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86 kilometer)... GodTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047295/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:10:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047292/posts July 18, 2008                                     Friday of the Fifteenth Week                                 in Ordinary Time       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8 When Hezekiah was mortally ill,the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came and said to him:“Thus says the LORD: Put your house in order,for you are about to die; you shall not recover.”Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD: “O LORD, remember how faithfully and wholeheartedlyI conducted myself in your presence,doing what was pleasing to you!”And... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2047292/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:03:48 GMT