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 51
December 16, 2024
As a community, we pray
For these brothers and sisters, their neighbours and friends, their families and those who love them and those who provide for their care
- For Brother Jerry Prazma, OMI, whose health has been declining recently. Jerry has been transferred to St, Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. We pray for him at this time of his journey and remember his family and the members of his Oblate community in Vancouver.
- For Dan and Joanne as they begin their Oblate Associate Animator ministry, and for all the Associates of OMI Lacombe Canada, we pray that the Mazenodian charism may be a strong and unifying bond.
- For Fr. Glenn Zimmer OMI who is returning to the Qu’Appelle House of Prayer where he will focus on administrative and maintenance work for now. We pray for his strength and perseverance as he returns to QHP.
- For all those who find this time of the year difficult, whether due to loneliness, isolation, illness or other reasons, we pray that, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Eugène, the Lord will keep them safe and secure in his care and compassion.
A Prayer of Petition in Anticipation of the Nativity of Our Lord
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment
In which the Son of God was born
Of the most pure Virgin Mary,
at midnight,
in Bethlehem,
in the piercing cold.
In that hour vouchsafe, O my God,
to hear my prayer and grant my desires,
[here mention your request]
through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ,
and of His blessed Mother. Amen.
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.
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