“Whenever a friend or family member is going through a difficult time, whenever a local or world crisis pierces my heart, I turn off the distractions and turn my day into intercession.” – Ava Frecker
“I did my best to share with him the reason my friends and I thought violence against the unborn created more problems than it solved…I told him I would pray for him—I sensed at the time that I was making a lifelong vow.” – Christine Hanus
“What would happen if everyone in the Church began offering rosaries, holy hours, novenas, and other sorts of prayers for themselves or their loved ones to grow in sanctifying grace?”- Fr. James Brent
“When we ask someone else to pray for us, we allow them to intercede for us in a meaningful, necessary way.” – Deanna Bartalini
“Knowing that our country cannot be saved by our own works and mindful of how much our nation has departed from the ways of Thy Son, we humbly ask that Thou wouldst turn Thine eyes upon our country to bring about its conversion.” – Fr. Chad Ripperger
“Sarah’s grandmother — surely a devout church lady – one whom I had never met, taught me something: pain can be directed; It can be purpose-filled.” – FB Smit
A new book emphasizes the power of our prayers for each other.
Claire Dwyer nears the end of the series with the death of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity–a powerhouse of intercession for those she leaves below.
The tears of one saint, the conversion of another. Dr. David Arias explores Saints Monica and Augustine during the week celebrating their feast days.
Have priests and seminarians ever needed our prayers more?
