Prayer Corner: ‘At the foot of the Cross’
Saint Eugene’s Prayer Group

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Prayer Corner: ‘At the foot of the Cross’
Saint Eugene’s Prayer Group

Members of the Saint Eugene Prayer Group commit to offering these intentions daily in their own manner of prayer. All members of OMI Lacombe Canada are highly encouraged to actively pray for the requested intentions.

Week 2
January 9, 2024

As a community, we pray

That the Lord will welcome into His Kingdom:

  • Brother Jerome Blackburn, OMI, who died January 8, 2024 at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, AB at the age of 89. May Jerome rest in peace, and may all who remember him give thanks for the gift of his life and his 68 years of religious life as an Oblate of Mary Immaculate. His funeral Mass will be offered on Monday, January 15th at 11 am (MT) at St. Albert Church.

For these brothers and sisters, their communities, their families and those who love them and those who provide for their care:

  • For Aaron in Mississauga, that he may receive the grace of God to seek conversion into the Light. We pray that the Lord will open his heart to hear the Word.
  • For Brother Leonardo Rego, OMI in Ottawa who has a serious bacterial infection and is still undergoing tests at the Montfort Hospital, Ottawa to determine cause and treatment. We pray for Len’s health to improve and stabilize under medical treatment.
  • For Bob W. (presently in Oblate Associate Formation) of Lethbridge as he awaits an appointment to discuss treatment after his cancer surgery before Christmas. May he continue to trust in God’s presence!
  • For Rita M. (a long-time parishioner of St. Albert parish) who is receiving palliative care for cancer. We pray for her family and her caregivers.
  • For Amy and Bob of Vancouver, continued prayers for the health and protection of their unborn baby boy, due in May. We pray for the Lord’s peace and comfort to rest on them during this pregnancy and that Bob’s dreams of being able to farm will come to be.

For our Oblate family:

  • For the generous ‘yes’ of men to an Oblate life and of men and women to Oblate Association.
  • For a year ahead of solidarity, strength, healing and peace that we may be inspired by our Founder “to co-operate in building up the kingdom of Jesus Christ”.

For our Métis, Inuit and First Nations brothers and sisters.

Who is this that comes forth like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun…?
Song 6:10 (NCB)

O Blessed Virgin, Our Lady of Guadalupe, intercede for us with your Son

That we who live in this land, Indigenous and non-Indigenous together,

May experience healing and reconciliation on a renewed journey of justice and peace for our children.

Mother of the Church, pray for us.

 

SUBMITTING PRAYER REQUESTS

EMAIL: prayers@omilacombe.ca. All emailed intentions (received by Monday noon ET) will be acknowledged and added for communal prayer for two weeks. Please consider brevity and form, as in the following example: For whom, from where, for what, other.  Example: For John S, in Fort Simpson, who is undergoing cancer treatment. We pray for the complete remission of his cancer.

Privacy and Confidentiality: All requests are confidential to the prayer group and the Members’ section of OMI Lacombe Canada’s website. To facilitate confidentiality, we ask that you use first names, (understanding that prayers are being sought for a specified person for a specific reason), and the initial of the last name, only if necessary, in your prayer requests. While prayer members protect each other’s’ privacy as normal practice, please pay special attention to respect the privacy of all those non-members for whom we pray.  Confidentiality is of utmost importance and is adhered to at all times by members, volunteers and staff in Prayer Ministry at OMI Lacombe Canada.