Quotes About Intercession

Yet again in writing to a friend of John Smith he says, "I have often seen him come downstairs in the morning after several hours in prayer, his eyes swollen with weeping. He would soon introduce the subject of his anxiety by saying, 'I am a brokenhearted man; yes, indeed, I am an unhappy man, not for myself but on account of others. God has given me such a sight of the value of precious souls that I cannot live if souls are not saved. Oh give me souls, or else I die!

Brethren, to our knees again,

Specific praying is the key to building faith

Lord, do not charge them with this sin.

As priests uphold their people in prayer, so their people are to uphold them with prayer and love, for he cannot work without his people.

There is nothing that makes us love a man so much as praying for him.

Then thank God for a sandstorm, huh?" "Indeed and to His Blessed Mother who heard my prayers.

Nadie podrá contar jamás las almas que la Madre de Dios ha devuelto a la vida divina. Para esto habría que enumerar todas las conversiones. No hay una sola que no se haya llevado a cabo sin su concurso maternal. Es imposible, dice San Ignacio Mártir, que se salve un pecador si no es por el auxilio de María.

I am praying for everybody. I am praying for everything. That is what it is, to be a cardinal. Only when I say to the Lord, "Now, about Thomas Cromwell—" does God say to me, "Wolsey, what have I told you? Don't you know when to give up?

Tell God what's on your heart, and don't be afraid to pray for those who need healing.

If you are not praying the type of prayers that scare you, your prayers are certainly not frightening our enemy.

And they prayed for him.

She had told her son praying about a situation was like taking the fight to God and letting Him go to battle for us so many times as he grew up, but she never knew if he listened or believed her. Trish popped her fingers. "You got that right.

The best gift anyone can give to a friend is to pray for him.

Therefore the prayers we offer in the Mass for the world are far more powerful than the prayers we offer outside the Mass, even if the prayers we offer outside the Mass are the same prayers, and even if there are more of them, and even if they are offered for the same people, or for more people, and even if they are offered with the same faith and devotion on our part, or even with a little more faith and devotion on our part.

Belief in angels makes an even bigger difference if you believe in God and pray, because your prayers to God to send angel help will be answered.

other—just stop talking like you're leaving us." After getting that letter from my grandmother asking God to intercede and change my heart, I decided I'd start to go to this little church at Calipatria. They used to have coffee and donuts on Sunday, and I would sit there and pray

Prayer was their best weapon now.

Regarding the adversaries' quoting the Fathers about the offering for the dead, we know that the ancients speak of prayer for the dead, which we do not ban.

We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God's work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.

Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.

I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for others. I prayed for everyone who came into my thoughts - - people with whom I had traveled, those who had been in prison with me, my school friends of years ago. I do not know how long I continued my prayer, but this I do know - - my fear was gone! Interceding for others had released me!

Besides," Bull said as he turned the wheel and powered the boat down, "I'll get your Aunt Georgia to start praying about your case. And after that happens, I wouldn't want to be in J-Fox Sherman's shoes for all the tea in China." Up

Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.