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 38

September 24, 2025

As a community, we pray

  • For Twyla Richmond, a long-time employee of Queen’s House in Saskatoon, whose husband of 21 years, Trevor, passed away on September 22. Trevor had been struggling with severe diverticulitis and was 58 years old. May he rest peacefully, free from pain, in God’s heavenly home. May God also grant Twyla strength, faith, and peace as she journeys through this time of loss.
  • For Charlie McGregor in St. Albert, and many others waiting patiently in hospitals for long term care placements. We pray that all our elderly and their caregivers have access to much needed services in a timely manner.
  • For the Fall Community Meetings happening this month throughout OMI Lacombe Canada. We pray that, ,with St. Eugene’s intercession and the Holy Spirit’s guidance, these gatherings with Provincial Council, local Oblates and Associates be blessed with communal discernment through synodal listening.
  • For Fr. Jim Fiori, OMI who has been diagnosed with advanced Parkinson’s Disease. We pray that the Lord grant Jim His reassurance and presence in his suffering and bless the members of his community and his caregivers.
  • For Virgil in Calgary who is declining physically and mentally and for his wife Shirley his primary caregiver. We pray that they strive to accept God’s plan with peace and trust.
  • For Colleen’s beloved granddaughter, Micah, in Vancouver who has begun her College studies. We pray she will be graced to take her new path one day at a time, unafraid to reach out for help.
  • In thanksgiving for reconciliation between two siblings whose relationship was fractured for over thirty years.
  • For Bernadette Lemay who fell and damaged her right arm and fractured a shoulder.  While she is physically  frail, her mind is alert. Hopeful of transfer to rehab from the University of Alberta hospital, she needs a Care Home. We earnestly pray for Bernadette’s healing, strength and perseverance, and that the Lord’s providential care may nourish her in her need.

Pope’s Prayer Intention for the month of September: For our relationship with all of creation:

Let us pray that, inspired by Saint Francis, we might experience our interdependence with all creatures who are loved by God and worthy of love and respect

A Prayer of Healing

O! Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, we ask for your intercession as the voice of the first peoples’ of our common homeland to help us protect our ecology, to care for Creation and to support each other in gratitude.

We pray that we, whether Indigenous or non-Indigenous, may draw from the example of your short faith-filled life, a profound hope in the Resurrection. May we strive for an authentic relationship of mutual respect, friendship and joy, as brothers and sisters, on a path of healing and reconciliation.

May your prayer ever be our prayer: “Jesos Konoronkwa”, Jesus, I love you.

ADD OUR VOICES TO YOUR INTENTIONS … SUBMIT YOUR PRAYER REQUEST. 

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 has begun cancer treatment. We pray for the remission of his cancer and his perseverance.

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.

The Environment: We urge you to save paper by viewing these pages on your screen/monitor. If you cannot read the intentions comfortably and must print the sheets, consider printing in “grey scale” to conserve ink. At the Foot of the Cross Prayer intentions are emailed weekly on Tuesdays to Prayer Group members and published on Wednesday as Prayer Corner, on the OMI-Lacombe website’s Members Section (UserID and Password required). Consider bookmarking it at: https://omilacombe.ca/members-login/