Jesus prayed His intercessory prayer for the forgiveness (cleansing) of the sinners who were killing Him, and later on Stephen prayed his own intercessory prayer for the forgiveness (cleansing) of the sinners who were killing him, and we can also ask Mary to pray intercessory prayers for us so that we will be able to obtain the forgiveness (cleansing) of our own sins. Of course, we need to have a contrite heart, and the best way to seek that forgiveness (cleansing) is through confession within the Sacrament of Reconciliation instituted by Jesus Christ.=============================================================
"And Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." 1 John 1:9
And as they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." Acts 7:59-60=============================================================
The best way to learn about the teachings of the Catholic faith, Elsie, is to learn about the teachings of the Catholic faith, not keep looking for various flowery, poetic, exotic prayers or expressions, from a much older form of the various languages from the past, which you probably don't know how to speak.
As can be watched on youtube, Protestant Pastor Jeremiah Wright, in his own "intercessory prayerful petition" during one of his Protestant sermons, loudly asked God for damnation upon America. We don't want to pretend that that prayer-petition of Pastor Wright is a Protestant teaching, do we?
