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Intercessory Prayer

Each day at St. Thomas I have been reminded of the need for and the power of prayer. Dedicated parishioners offer prayers for one another at our daily liturgy and ask for prayers as well. A large list of of us receive email messages each day that contain requests made by members of our parish for various intentions. The Church has a long history of not only praying directly to God for our needs, but of asking others to pray on our behalf. In that spirit, I would like to introduce a place on this blog where visitors can leave prayer requests that this small online community can raise up together to God. Feel free to add any needs for prayer in the comment section of this post and please join me in lifting up the needs of others to our Lord.

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Fr. Christian is the pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Lenoir City, TN.

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  • Fr. Christian Mathis

    It seems I am to add the first prayer request.

    For Harvey Eastman and his family as he battles cancer.

  • Emmy

    For my best friends step dad , Larry Austin , who found out three weeks ago that his cancer has come back and is in stage 4..

    For my sister and her family who are on the road moving to Virginia. May they have a safe and peaceful journey.

  • Jill

    For all our loved ones who have separated themselves from worshipping at the table of the Lord that their hearts and minds will be open to hunger for receiving Christ in the eucharist.

  • Cindy

    Please pray for my daughter’s family as they deal with a family crisis. May Our Lord’s blessing sustain them and be at the center of their home and hearts. May His Presence in their hearts strengthen them during difficult times.

  • David

    For Tommy Thomas and family who are dealing with the loss of their daughter (and sister).

  • Fr. Christian Mathis

    For the repose of the soul of Harvey Eastman

  • Fr. Christian Mathis

    Please pray for the repose of the souls of Nancy Feist and her youngest child Peter who was to be born this September and for her husband and five other children. They both died unexpectedly this evening. May the Lord be merciful to them and comfort those who are left behind.

  • Mark G.

    For those who despair that God could ever forgive their sins, let us pray that the Spirit will teach them of the love that Jesus’ aching heart has for them.

    May they turn to the Church to recieve God’s forgiveness amp; peace in Reconciliation.

    Also for God’s mercy upon the souls of the departed amp; peace on those who mourn for them.

  • Fr. Christian Mathis

    For all those who struggle with addictions.

  • Elizabeth Mahlou

    For all the children born with birth defects that God will guide their doctors, their parents, and their parents’ spiritual/social mentors, bless them with happy lives, and melt any hardened hearts around them (as He so often does), and in this, especially for my granddaughter who suffers from having arrived disassembled and for a fetus in our parish known to have trisomy 13 (a powerfully disabling condition) whose parents are making the decision against medical intervention that God be with them and the unborn child that His will be done.

    For all those whose hearts are filled with hatred toward people of other religious persuasians (Sunni vs. Shia, Muslim vs. Jew, Christian vs. Muslim, Catholic vs. Protestant) that they may lay down their weapons, be those physical or psychological, and embrace each other as members of God’s large (and highly varied) family, that God may help us remember always that where He is there is love, and in this especially for my friend Maha’s brother who has been being routinely tortured for his religious affiliation in the prisons of Bahrain, awaiting a trial that has not taken place for more than a year.

    And for all those who take the time to pray for others that God may bless them and give them the strength, motivation, and time to continue their prayers.

  • Marianne Hartman

    My prayer is for all members of St. Thomas the Apostle parish as we celebrate “Sabbath Month”. We thank our God for being so present in all we do and that this prayer time will help us recognize Him and deepen our love for Him and for each other.

    Marianne

  • Fr. Christian Mathis

    For all of the parishes of the Diocese of Knoxville who are undergoing changes this weekend. May they find grace in new endeavors.

  • Judy

    For my son and his family as they struggle to work through a difficult time in their lives. May the Holy Spirit help and guide them through their problems.

  • Jill

    In thanksgiving for a glorious Celebrate! St. Thomas and for our incredible parish family.

  • http://mtnest_tv@bellsouth.net Marianne Hartman

    Please pray for all those who have asked for prayers on our prayer line. Marianne

  • http://mtnest_tv@bellsouth.net Marianne Hartman

    In thanksgiving that Planned Parenthood will not be building their new facilty in Bearden. What a joy to arrive for the walk and find that the owner of the property and Planned Parenthood had decided against the project! We can really see the power of prayer in action! Marianne

  • Bill & Carol

    Special Prayer Request!

    Death of Our Only Son & Other Ongoing Sorrows…

    August 13,2009.

    Dear Community of Prayer,

    Please include my wife and I in your daily prayers in 2009 or as long as possible??

    Please pray for God’s Healing,Protecting Peace and Hope in our broken hearts,health and shattered lives made worse by severe financial hardships!!

    Thank you for praying with us in our long dark night of the soul!

    Bill and Carol. oh.usa.

  • Fr. Christian Mathis

    This in from Deacon Sean:

    My Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

    While traveling out of town, our beloved Bishop Stika has had a medical emergency and is in intensive care in stable condition. We will update you with information as we become aware of it. We are asking for your prayers at this time.

    Your Brother in Christ,
    Deacon Sean

  • Fr. Christian Mathis

    For my very good friend David who was recently diagnosed with lymphoma and for his family.

  • Kathy

    For my friend Ku and her husband Ed. Ed was recently diagnosed with malignant melanoma, stage 4. My God bless them and surround them with His love at this very difficult overwhelming time.

  • Mark G.

    For all – including myself – who struggle to discern God’s will in difficult situations and the fortitude to choose it.

    For mercy on the souls of the departed, esp. my great-aunt Betty.

  • http://www.blestatheist.com Elizabeth Mahlou

    I don’t know know where to put this information, so I will leave it here. Re my request for Maha’s brother (not her real name, but she was afraid to have her real name revealed given the punitive nature of the society in which she lives in Bahrain — and it does not matter, God knows her name), I have news. The prayers of everyone have resulted in a marvelous action: her brother and the others who were jailed with him were declared innocent (without a trial) and the King pardoned them. They all got their jobs back, and they are now considered heroes. Never before has this kind of jailing in Bahrain ended on a positive note. Praise the Lord — and thanks to all who offered prayers!

  • Anne

    Please pray for my grandmother, who suffers from Parkinson’s and has become more agitated and unsettled lately.

  • http://mtnest_tv@bellsouth.net Marianne Hartman

    For Dick and Jill St Yves and their family. We pray that the Lord will be with them as they face this very difficult time.

  • Fr. Christian Mathis

    Prayers requested for Gary, a friend of a friend. Learn more at the link below

    Gary Update

  • Patrick Mathis

    For my wife Stephanie’s great grandmother. She is 105, and has started having small strokes, and is not expected to make it much longer. She has opted to go home as she would rather be there than in a hospital in her last days. Please pray for her and her family.

  • Paul

    God our Father in heaven, we ask that you silence the wars. Please give us peace on our small planet. Help us to see each other as brothers and sisters. Your son died so that we might live in peace and harmony. We still need your help after 2000 years. Thank you for sending your son Jesus Christ to teach us about you. Happy 2010! Please help us do your work with love, peace and joy. Say Amen if you agree.

  • Cheryl

    Please pray for my daughter Tammy . She has been taking medication from specialist to help her concieve. They gave her and her husband the ok to try tonight and then 36 hours later to concieve. I am so grateful for the prayer support..She is a wonderful christian woman, and wife whom loves the Lord.
    God Bless
    Thank You
    Cheryl
    Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. Psalm 55:17

  • Amy

    Please pray for my friend Tim’s sister, who received bad news about a pregnancy of twins; for Gary’s mother who has CHF and battled pneumonia earlier this month; for Sharron, who has multiple health and emotional issues; for Chris, who is a very special person; and for me — that God will provide daily and moment-by-moment the situations, opportunities, and people I need for healing, and that I can forgive fully and completely the person who abused me.

  • Fr. Christian Mathis

    My prayers tonight are with all those who struggle to do what they think is right, but who feel they are losing the battle.

  • Fr. Christian Mathis

    For the families of Jaime Zavala and Gail Fowler.

  • David K

    For all those in Nashville, Middle TN, and Kentucky who continue to suffer from the recent floods.

  • Fr. Christian Mathis

    for the repose of the soul of Alfredo Solis and for the comfort of his family.

  • http://Facebook Bobbie Miller

    Please pray for my sister Billie, she is very ill and not expected to live.

  • http://www.ironiccatholic.com IC

    For Anthony, a 5 yr old boy with CP, that he may find a family, and we may raise up his adoption fund (to make it easier on his future family to adopt quickly).

  • annie

    please pray for Frank, in ICU, fighting for life after leg amputation…..

  • Seth

    Please pray for purity ans holiness in my life and in my girlfriend’s life. Pray for purity in the heart, soul, mind and body. Pray that God will deliver and protect us from all evil, all sin, and that He’ll deliver us and protect us from evil spirits and all demonic forces, and fill us with His love, joy, purity, presence, and Holy Spirit.

  • http://skuhta51@hotmail.com Sharon

    Please pray for my best friend in the whole world, my mother, who is now in hospice suffering from cancer and neoplastic syndrome which has left her paralyzed virtually from the neck down. During this Christmas season it is hard to mourn her and be excited about the celebration of the birth of Christ. Yet I do both. My feelings are mixed. I miss her company already yet she isn’t gone from this world yet. I read all the other prayer requests and my heart is saddened at aLL the sorrow in this world. May the great God in heaven have mercy on us all and keep us safely in his keeping.

  • Lauren

    Please pray for the restoration of my teaching job. Please pray for all involved to be filled with the Holy Spirit and compassion for my plight. I was called to be a teacher by God. Please pray that I can return to my job/vocation. I offer up all of my recent sufferings for the special intentions in my heart and for the Holy Souls. I also thank God for all the blessings in my life. I ask all of this through Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior and through the intercession of his Immaculate Mother.

  • Fr. Christian Mathis

    For Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her family.

  • http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com Fr. Christian Mathis

    For all those who are taking Alpha, especially at St. Thomas Parish, that they may be open to God’s work in their lives and follow Him.

  • http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com Fr. Christian Mathis

    For all the recently deceased of our parish and for their families. 

  • Richard5374

    Please pray for the conversion of my family.

  • http://www.blessedisthekingdom.com Fr. Christian Mathis

    For my friend Kat, who has asked for prayers. 

  • Ironiccatholic

    For my daughter, who is very upset that we are planning to adopt.  For me, so I may know what to do with this.

  • sony

    Dear heavenly father, in the name of jesus pls take away all the problems from my husband vinods life and bless him with plenty and plenty of business work, travel,finances and prosperity in abundance.thankyou. pls pray that my daughter shweta gets sucess in the business project she has taken and that the project takes off smoothly-this i ask in the name of lord jesus christ.amen.

  • http://twitter.com/BradDKurtz Brad Kurtz

    Dear Fr. Mathis, please pray for a reconciliation of a broken friendship between myself and my wife (Brad and Beth) and our former friends, Paul and Mary. There were hurt feelings all around, mostly having to do with my old religion of Catholicism, which is their faith. They opened up a lot of old wounds and brought forth many questions that I never got around to asking. I regret it fully and I wish we could be more grownup, adult friends again. Thank you for your time.

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