Do you need someone to pray for you?
In today’s Gospel reading, Christ urges us to make petitionary prayers to the Father. He says,
Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Which one of you would hand his son a stone
when he asked for a loaf of bread,
or a snake when he asked for a fish?
If you then, who are wicked,
know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your heavenly Father give good things
to those who ask him.
(Matthew 7:7-11)
For a while now I have been planning a “service” I would like to offer to anyone who comes to this blog, and this Gospel inspired me to start it today. Here is the service: if you send me a prayer intention I will make sure that one of the following will be offered for that request: a decade of the Rosary, a Mass intention, or a day of fasting. I am in contact with some people who are willing to offer these activities for your prayer intentions.
To make a prayer request, simply email prayer@ericsammons.com and let me know your intention. Strict confidentiality will be kept and I promise that someone will offer your intention as soon as possible. Unless I am overwhelmed by intentions, I can’t imagine that it will be more than one or two weeks before your intention is offered in union with one of the above-mentioned activities. If the matter is urgent, state that in the email, and the request will be given priority.
I don’t want this blog to just be a place where I expound my opinions; I want it to be something that helps others draw closer to Christ. I believe very strongly in the power of prayer, so I hope (and pray) that this little service will do some good in building up the Kingdom of God.
If you have your own blog, feel free to let others know about this service.
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What a great idea and service. Thank you. I’d appreciate if you could pray wisdom for my wife and me as we ponder school-related decisions for our children, one of whom still lives with pain from a serious car accident last year.
Patrick,
I am sorry to hear about your child’s situation. I will make sure your intention is offered soon.
Dear Eric,
I’m looking forward to your series on the 9 levels of prayer. Thank you for offering to pray for our intentions.
Can you pray my intention that my marriage stays together? Also my job-related problems?
God Bless,
Heidi G
Heidi,
Be assured that your intentions will be offered this week.
Eric
Please pray for me, I need school fees for my kids, time has run out
And they might soon have to lock them out lectures.
Pray with me that our mighty Father can grant that request to me
God bless you
Fred
I need someone to pray for me and my family. I love my family very much and we are facing some financial situations and I am just desparate. I am have a minor surgery and I work for myself so that means no work for about 3-4 weeks. I feel that I am putting my family and our home at steak. Please pray for us that God will help us find a way to keep our heads above water. Thank you so much just for listening.
Rita,
I am sorry that you are facing such difficulties at this time. Be assured that your intentions will be offered this week.
Please pray for me for a job, also my daughter christine who has had a terrible experience and is not sharing it with me. She also has an evil spirit on her that is driving her crazy.
Ive been hanging around this guy that always seems to find trouble I need help praying that everything will be o.k. I done went to court on May 6 and got off the charge but got caught taking him home since this individual didn’t have a license I thought it to be the nice thing to do since his family and him let me barrow his car, I don’t wish anyone to get in trouble but now hes in jail and my probation officer wants me to come into his office early tomorrow for what I don’t know, I’m afraid to lock me up to can someone please pray for me, I know I was told to be away from this individual but I was just trying to help him out not get in trouble carma’s crazy I’m praying that I will be o.k. I’m to nice to say no when they helped me why does this always happen to me? Someone help please…
hi im from colombia bogota
I need prayer because I am being mistaken victim of persecution because of the bad work of my city government need your help in prayer to be free from this persecution
i lose my home i deb tuice the things i have an now im passing this situation
im desperate dont sleep dont rest please help me
i dont speak einglish perfectly please forgive my mistakes
Dear sir/madame
I lost my work 3 weeks ago and i need work urgently, can you please pray with me for a job.
Thank you. God Bless
Hello,
your doing a great job here.I am feeling really lonely here.Don’t really know whats happening.Please pray with me to GOD to give me strength to face everything. I don’t want others to suffer because of me.I want that others should be happy seeing my happiness.
Thank You,
God Bless
Request prayers for success my daughter taking CPA board exam Oct. 16-17, 2010. Thank you. God bless your mission in our Catholic Church.
Could someone please pray for me . Me and my husband have a mental illness and we live in a 1 bed flat ive tried bidding but it seems impossible so I went on homeswapper and there was matches at the moment my husbands voices are bad please help
Sorry I also forgot to put that I feel like self harming and I feel so depressed when will I get through this
My family and I need serious prayer.My husbands job isn’t doing good and then we might get evicted in April?What’s crazy is that we are trying so hard and nothing?Please help.
Dear Eric,
Thank you so much for doing this,
for a couple of years now I have had this problem of looking at things that I am not supposed to. I grew up in a Christan home but drifted away from Christ, and now this is where I am. I use Gods garce and kept thinking it’s okay to go on like that. Now I just don’t know what to do. I have quit and asked the Lord to help me keep away from those things but they get addictive, and I slip. It kills me to think that my parents don’t even know about it. It hurts really bad. Thank you so much! May Gad bless you
Please, pray:
That Our Lord God strength the relationship between Dejan M. and me!
THAT HE WILL BE VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN MY LIFE AND ME IN HIS!
For GOING DEEPER IN KNOWING EACH OTHER!
That WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER!
That our love will grow stronger day by day and that we always place God in the center of our lives!
Thank you for all your prayers
Praying for you
Katarina from Belgrade in Serbia
I have been saved by the Lord 5 times from death,I am medically boarded and am jobless.I have a family with two children, a boy and a girl. I do counselling. i counsel people of all faiths and help them come of their problems.I try and get help and job for them. We have gone through the a lot of trouble with evil. Please pray for our deteriorating finances, health,deliverance from the evil one and for my ministry MAY GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY. only God can repay your kindness. Thank You.