We can tap into the power of God through prayer and also offer them towards others. “Therefore, confess your sins to one another
and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous
person has great power as it is working,” (James 5:16).
getting on every prayer list known to man, but why not multiply and fortify our prayers?
orders, especially missionaries, offer enrollments for people to benefit
spiritually through good works, prayers, and Masses. If you do a search on the Internet with the
words “Catholic Mass Enrollments,” many religious organizations will come up
for you to choose from.
is the Capuchin
Mission/Seraphic Mass Association. This is the order which the
recently beatified Father Solanus Casey belonged. He enrolled those who came to him for prayers
in Masses.
dedicate their lives praying for people. “We would like to pray for you,” it
said on one website. While working on this article, I sent in a prayer request
to one order and received this beautiful response: “Your intentions are being
prayed for every hour of the day and night in our
Adoration Chapel. Know of God’s love, peace, strength, and tender care for
all that is needed at this time. We are praying!”
updated technology, and communicate with email, but their preferred
communication is through the mail. Consider writing an old-fashioned letter.
pray for them in return—we all need it— and although it’s not required,
consider sending in a donation to help support them. Below are a few orders of cloistered nuns
with prayer ministries that I found through the Directory of Women’s Religious
Communities.
Go here with your prayer requests.
Sisters of Mary Mother of the Eucharist
(Ann Arbor, Michigan), dedicated to Education,
Prayer, Retreats, Evangelization. Go here
with prayer requests.
George have both active and contemplative. Go here and follow the link for prayer
requests.
Cistercians of the Strict Observance strive to faithfully live the rule of St.
Benedict. There is one monastery of Cistercian nuns in the United States,
located in Prairie du Sac. Here is the link for prayer requests. http://www.valleyofourlady.org/contactuslinks.html
Sisters of Perpetual Adoration are a community of vowed Franciscan
women centered in Eucharist, committed to be loving presence through prayer,
witness and service.
two or three gather in my name, there am I with them,” (Matthew 18:20). By
joining with others, we multiply our prayers and Jesus is in our midst.
a prayer group in your parish or one nearby or start your own pray group. The
two groups below are international groups that branches in many dioceses across
the country.
1.
The World Apostolate of Fatima has groups across the
country that they call Prayer Cells, where people can join together with their
families to pray the rosary. Our family
actually belonged to one for around ten years.
2.
Cenacles of
Life has prayer groups across the country dedicated to the sanctity of life. They pray two rosaries (ten mysteries) offering the
rosaries up with fasting. They have a directory for group locations.
There are also online groups you can become a
part of.
Society of Our Lady Healer of Hearts
is an international prayer group of
Catholic men and women, comprised of members of the clergy, religious, and the
laity. They pray daily that Our Lady will heal the hearts of the
world, filling them with unceasing love and abundant
forgiveness in order to fully experience Our Lord’s Divine Mercy.
of these souls will become our eternal friends who once RELEASED from these
fires shall not forget the ones who “Prayed them out” www.thepoweroftherosary.com/rosary-power-blog/the-releasers
the True Letter of Jesus Christ pray a simple set of prayers every day and keep
a copy of this letter in their wallet or purse to obtain the promises contained
in the Letter especially: I will descend from Heaven to
take your soul and that of your relatives, until the fourth generation.-Jesus
http://www.thepoweroftherosary.com/true-letter-of-jesus-christ.html
The Stationers agree to pray a
short prayer as well as the Stations of the Cross at least once a week. http://www.thepoweroftherosary.com/rosary-power-blog/the-stationers
and Daughters of Saint Joseph are men and women who seek to deepen their
devotion to Saint Joseph through a few simple prayers to him every day. “I recite the requested prayers every day and feel
his special protection,” -St.Faustina www.thepoweroftherosary.com/rosary-power-blog/sons-and-daughters-of-saint-joseph
whole world to the Love of Jesus through the Powerful Devotion to the Holy Face
of Jesus. The short prayers take 3 minutes a day and the promises are not to be
missed. http://www.thepoweroftherosary.com/rosary-power-blog/the-army-of-the-face-of-jesus
for the conversion of the whole world, especially those who are
Dying. Members pray the Chaplet every day for them and each other.
“Oh,
dying souls are in such great need of prayer”! St.Faustina.
devotion to the Holy Angels especially our own Guardian Angel and prays a short
set of prayers during the morning to honor our Guardian Angel and a small
prayer whenever you are called throughout the day to honor all the Holy
Angels present around you. “Take courage and pray; your
guardian angel will also pray for you, and your prayers will be
answered.”- Saint John Bosco
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Spirit experience every kind of happiness within themselves. The Holy
Spirit leads us like a mother leads her little child, or like a person with
sight leads a blind man,” -St. John Vianney. The
mission is to truly become the Best Friend of the Holy Spirit and to help
other’s to be as well. http://www.thepoweroftherosary.com/best-friends-of-the-holy-spirit.html
Become one of Saint Michael’s Warriors where they pray powerful prayers
to call down the protection of Saint Michael daily. http://www.thepoweroftherosary.com/rosary-power-blog/saint-michaels-warriors
Prayer Group Based on
the Gospel of Mark’s story of Four Men who brought their paralyzed friend to
Jesus for healing and obtained their friends’ healing and the even greater
miracle of the forgiveness of his sins. Members seek (through a daily
5-minute prayer and sacrifices) to continue this by bringing souls to Jesus
through prayer and sacrifice. http://www.thefourmen.info/
of God. The Apostle James said through
the Holy Spirit, “Whoever brings back a sinner will save his soul from
death and will cover a multitude of sins,” James 5:20.
to Divino Nino, a powerful prayer to Divino Nino, and testimonials of His
wonderful miracles. Also, you can send us your prayer requests. http://www.thehouseofdivinonino.com/
to add “the end of abortion, contraception, and euthanasia to their daily
intentions when they pray the Holy Rosary. You pray five decades of the Rosary
per day and if you already pray it, just add the intention “for the end of
abortion, Contraception, and euthanasia.
an hour a week in Eucharistic adoration, abortion would be ended, -St. Mother Teresa. Members spend an hour a
week before the Blessed Sacrament or the Tabernacle to end abortion.
You pray one simple prayer a day and all the members will pray
for your intentions as well so that is Powerful! http://www.thepoweroftherosary.com/pray-for-america.html
Decade a Day for each other’s intentions and that we also all become Children
of Mary. Currently there are thousands of members praying for each other.
www.thepoweroftherosary.com/rosary-power-blog/decade-a-day-disciples
your family? We pray a set of short prayers that takes 2
minutes. There are many promises plus each member prays for each other so that
union of prayer also obtains even more graces. http://www.thepoweroftherosary.com/rosary-power-blog/the-dolorians.