Prayer Requests
December, 2009
* Please report the appointment or election
of major leaders of your denomination.
** March 19, 2009, was the 6th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq . It was a day of mourning, repentance, and action. The war and the occupation go on, soldiers and civilians are still dying, and Iraq still waits to rebuild in earnest. [For further information go to Pax Christi at www.paxchristiusa. org .]
*** It has been eight years since the United States military began operations in Afghanistan in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. We lament the suffering, violence, and death on both sides of the conflict. Our scriptures and history teach us that war is not the answer to building the peace and security we are striving for in this world. Unfortunately, the options being debated are far too narrow and are unlikely to bring the peace and stability we desperately need to end this war. The two strategies in the forefront - counterinsurgency, requiring a substantial escalation of troops, and counterterrorism, relying on precision targeting technology to apply military pressure on the most dangerous operatives, often at the expense of civilian lives - don't address the deep moral and practical issues we face in Afghanistan .
We await President Obama's speech to the
nation, scheduled for December 1, when he
is to announce his strategy for Afghanistan.
It's not too late to join other people of faith in praying for him and urging him to begin with bold humanitarian aid and
development instead of more military escalation.
Please click on this link: Tell President Obama: We need a whole new
approach in Afghanistan. [Taken from a message by Sojourners. More info at www.sojo.net]
FOR SPECIAL INTENTIONS ... that our political leaders and expert economists
will resolve the country’s financial crisis; for aggressive research to discover the cause(s)
and hopefully a cure for autism; the 1,100+ killed, and many others injured and displaced by the powerful earthquake
in Indonesia on October 1, and that the community's ad in the September 18 Vocations issue of the National Catholic
Reporter (NCR) will generate a large number of qualified inquiries.
FOR THOSE WITH HEALTH CONCERNS ... all infected/affected by HIV/AIDS and the current H1N1 virus epidemic; Daniel Ashlock; Gerald J. Bee (formerly Br. Gerald Joseph MGC); Omer Benoit; Raymond Boswell; E. Marie and Jean Burgess; Br. Stephen Edward Burke MGC; Julius Carneiro; all children with autism; Collette and Stephen Couture; Br. Gerardo DeFillippes OAR; Jim Finn; Louis Gencarella; Mercedes Jacobo; Susan Jencks; Fr. Michael Kearney; Vivian Kelly (aunt of Br. James Bernard MGC); Jim Kenney; Carolyn King; Edward J. LeBlanc aMGC; Florence Marshall (mother of Br. Peter Christopher MGC); Sr. Alice McGinn MM; Br. Bill McKenna SFO; Travis Mizerny (grandson of Maria-Carol Ritter-Guthmiller aMGC); Stephen Michael Rabi ; Br. Max Bartholomew Scott MGC; Ann P. Senerchia; Fr. Alexander Bernard Sinclair III; Claire M. Smith, (sister), Normand B. Crepeau (brother), and George A. and Lorraine Crepeau (cousins) of Br. Ron Francis MGC, and for himself; Fr Paul Soper (facing serious neurological issues and for discernment during times of trial); Br. Donald Columba Steele MGC; Blanche and Richard Sutherland; Jason Travis; Steven Valdez; Philip A. Vose, David Weinburgh, and all other MGC members, associates, relatives, friends, and benefactors who are suffering from various illnesses and conditions.
FOR GOD'S LOVE AND MERCY ... All children; church and civic leaders dealing with homosexuality; Br. Ron Francis MGC, special intentions; federal and state courts/ lawmakers that they resolve the civil rights issues regarding marriage; all persons who are homeless; Jason (last name withheld), discernment of
vocation and acceptance of his application
for postulancy in the Holy Name Province,
Order of Friars Minor (OFM); Br. James Bernard Kelly MGC, personal intentions; Edward J. LeBlanc aMGC, special intention; Fr. Tyrone Monroe aMGC (formerly Br. Joseph Cupertino MGC), discernment of
an important decision; people who are poor; prisoners held captive by humans and systems; Mary Frances Raum; Rose Rolling aMGC, that
she may resolve marital issues and be relieved
of post traumatic stress disorder symptoms; Fr. Alexander B. Sinclair III, retired after 52 years in
priestly service and for continuing good
health as he ministers as a part-time chaplain at Whiteman AFB in
Missouri; Fr. Paul Soper, who continues faithfully in ministry
and discerns his path at his new parish,
St. Albert the Great, Weymouth MA, despite
his Parkinson’s disease and amid the changes
in the Archdiocese of Boston; the ministries of MGC members and associates, and those of all others serving Jesus Christ; the sanctification
of all priests, clergy, and religious, especially
those who are challenged by sexual and other
personal issues; the children in Ireland who were abused by the Sisters of Mercy and Christian Brothers from 1910-1990, and healing for those who are still alive, and all other victims, survivors, and their families and supporters,
as well as the perpetrators of sexual abuse
and church leaders who have denied and covered-up
these atrocities, and that everyone take
greater care to safeguard minors from further
abuse; all victims of violence; that we all
be granted the graces of repentance for our
sins, humility of heart and soul, simplicity
of mind, and righteousness in the sight of
God, and for all persons who are in
need and do not have anyone else to pray
for them.
Please e-mail your weekly prayer intentions,
by not later than Thursday at 5pm, to ensure
publication on the next day, to Br. Ron Francis at MGCPrayers@gmail.com. If you are not on e-mail, please
write by snail mail to MGC Prayers c/o Br.
Ron Francis, Mercy House, 45 Mendon Road,
South Attleboro, MA 02703, or call me by
telephone at (508)639-9287. Kindly provide the full name of the
person and the proper category.
Please help keep this list current by advising
when prayers have been answered, and/or when
individual names should appear in different
categories, or should be removed. Thanks!
To add, delete or change a listing contact:
Br.Ron, MGC
