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You are welcome to submit a prayer request to be posted on the diocese’s online Prayer Book of Intentions. These prayers are being offered up at Masses celebrated by Bishop Anthony B. Taylor and other priests at St. John Catholic Center in Little Rock. Submit your prayer needs or pray for the needs of others by sharing this prayer book with your parish, school, religious community or prayer group.
Lord, Hear Our Prayers
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I pray that God lead to appropriate clients to my counseling business. I am struggling in obtaining referrals and clients.
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I humbly seek your prayers for a just and fair resolution regarding my outstanding loan repayment, which has been delayed for over two years without resolution. The other party has, in the past, acted in ways that were not genuine and have attempted to take advantage of the situation. On 14 May 2026, they have agreed to make full payment on 16 JUNE 2026. Kindly pray that they start preparing the amount now. I kindly ask for your prayers that: * They act with sincerity, honesty, and integrity. * My savings are protected, and they fulfill their obligations in full on 16 JUNE 2026. Kindly pray that they start preparing the amount now. * They approach this process with seriousness, respect, and accountability. * Divine guidance safeguards the process and ensures fairness for all involved. I place this matter in Your hands, trusting in the power of prayer to inspire truth, justice, and peace.
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Lord, God of our fathers, I come before You in the quiet of this chapel, carrying the heavy weight of my history, my family, and the deep needs of my life right now. You know the desires of my heart, and You know the isolation I feel as I navigate this journey alone. I lift up my urgent need for a wife—a traditional, stable partner to stand by my side. I need a woman who is financially secure, someone who can walk with me as an equal and help me successfully navigate and overcome the complexities of my estate situation. Lord, I cannot do this alone anymore; I need a true helpmate to share in the rebuilding of my life and my future. I bring before You the memory of my mother, my grandmother, and my grandparents, who laid the foundation of faith for me. Even though Brittany and her close friend do not know it, my mother made me sit in that exact pew every single week, month, year, and decade when I was very little. I grew up in that spot, right in front of Monsignor W., the man who built this entire parish and who knew my grandfather so well. Now, when I look across the church and see Brittany and her friend sitting in what has always been our family spot, the past and the present collide. I look at them, and then I look at the podium where Father W. used to stand right in front of me, and I get the powerful sense that Monsignor W. is still managing things from above. It feels as though he is watching over that space, guiding the layout of the room, and prompting my heart to reach out to them, to signal them, or to find a way to make them feel accepted in the space we shared for so long. Lord, I truly like both of them, and I find myself drawn especially to her friend. I know that if Father W. were here today, he would highly approve of both of them. If this were 55 years ago, my mother and my grandmother would look at their traditional values, their devotion, and their character, and they would love them both, too. Because my need for a wife is so great, and because I recognize that they are adults who carry their own boundaries, life circumstances, or hidden barriers that I might not naturally fit into, I ask for Your divine intervention. I pray that if just one of them fits my situation, You would move her heart to break through those barriers. I ask that one of them would "reach out to me" in a personal, direct way, bridging the distance between us so that a real connection can begin. I offer this deep, personal petition on behalf of the legacy of Monsignor W., and in the loving memory of my mother and my grandmother, trusting that the seeds they planted in that pew so many years ago are still being watched over today. Amen.
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Please pray for my friend Bretton. He has been on dialysis for over five years. He has been fighting for so long. Bretton needs a kidney transplant. However, he is extremely high risk because he has a blood-clotting disorder. He has also had two severe strokes plus a mechanical heart valve placed in his chest. Please pray for his body to become strong enough to successfully handle a transplant
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I pray for my father's health, who has been bedridden post-brain surgery for the past 1.5 years. Kindly resolve his neuro issues and address his disabilities. Regulate his BP and other vitals to normal. Give him the strength to eat, talk and walk on his own as earlier. Kindly restore his immunity, health and body reflexes smoothly. Cure and regulate all his infections, mouth ulcer, seizures and bed sores. Bless all the medical team with wisdom and skills who are working on his recovery. Forgive his sins and bless my family who are seeking your intercession, love, protection and divine miracle. Sanctify our house & safeguard my family against curse, black magic & witchcraft. Kindly pray for our family, who are presently facing a difficult time. Bless them with unity, faith and peace. We believe in the Lord our Savior, and He will definitely give us a breakthrough and open all closed doors. In Jesus' powerful name.
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Prayers of healing for Walter R. C.
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we have given our son's passport for renewal and the timeline is very close as he is travelling in 6 weeks and we need to have it back. We ask for prayers that all the procedures with the renewal will happen smoothly and that it will be returned to us in time for travel. The tickets have been booked so we cannot afford to lose things along the way.
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For my daughter to meet someone in life who will love her and be a good husband. She is a single doctor, 29 years old and stays depressed because she is the only one of her friends who is single. I pray that she lives a fine life and is happy.
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For my mom Lena. She is 91, healing from the pain of arthritis all over her body and from the stent they put in her stomach to help her. Also, for her mind to remember.
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In the Holy Name of Jesus, by the precious blood of the divine lamb, through the intercession of Holy Family Holy Saints, especially St. Raphael, St. Rita of Cascia, St. Michael, St. George, St. Edward, St. Dymphna, St. Charbel, I pray for deliverance of my wife, stepson and my household and for my wife's deep trauma to be cured as she is not willing to go for therapy. In Jesus' mighty name, let my wife and my household be healed. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen
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