Dear friends,
Come join us on pilgrimage! I know that many of you who have read “Jesus: A Pilgrimage,” and many others, want to journey to the Holy Land, but for many reasons cannot. Well, happily, you can join us, beginning on April 15 on a virtual pilgrimage to the Holy Land. America is leading a pilgrimage with over 50 friends and we will post a new video every day, from a different holy site, so that you can join us. We really want you to feel like you are journeying with us, so we would also like to ask for any prayer requests. We will remember them at all the holy sites: Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem, Cana, Bethany, Capernaum and all the sites around the Sea of Galilee. Just write your requests in the comments boxes below or Tweet them to #HolyLand16. And “come and see” the Holy Land, come join us in the land of Jesus’s life, death and resurrection, beginning April 15!
James Martin, S.J.
Please, keep DEJAN J. and me in continued prayers for:
Improvement, developing and deepening of our relationship; STRENGTHENING OF OUR LOVE;
THAT GOD LEAD AND PROTECT OUR FUTURE, FURTHER COMMUNICATION AND GIVE US WISDOM IN BEHAVIOUR TO EACH OTHER;
For GOD’S PROTECTION, BLESSINGS and LEADING of our relationship, so that we grow into strong Christian couple and get married soon.
Thank you for all your prayers
Wish you all the blessings
Katarina from Belgrade
I have severe depression, no job, running out of money. Feeling suicidal. God is my last hope. Please pray for me
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING BABIES WHO ARE UNDERGOING MIND BLOWING SEX RITUALS IN SATANISM, WHERE THE PRIVATE PARTS OF BABIES ARE RUBBED ON TO THE GROUND. EVEN WORSE ACTS ARE CONDUCTED ON THE BABIES.
1. BABY LADY LUCIFERA, MOST PROBABLY A CLONE, WHO IS A SEX VICTIM STILL ALIVE.
2. BABY LADY LUCIFERA NUMBER 2, MOST PROBABLY A CLONE, WHO IS A SEX VICTIM IMMERSED IN A SEPTIC TANK. HOPEFULLY STILL ALIVE.
3. A BABY WHOSE SEX IS UNKNOWN WHO IS A SEX ABUSE VICTIM.
PLEASE PRAY THAT THESE BABIES ARE SAVED BUT IF THEY ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION MAY HOLY GOD HAVE MERCY ON THEM AND MAY THEY DIE INSTANTLY AS THERE IS NEED FOR THESE INNOCENT BABIES TO SUFFER. PLEASE PRAY THAT THESE BABIES DIE INSTANTLY AND MAY THEY GO STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN BECAUSE THERE IS NO HOPE FOR VICTIMS IN SATANIC CIRCLES.
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Prayer For the Second Coming of Jesus –
I pray that Jesus Christ returns to Earth soon, to bring the eternal love and peace of the Kingdom of God to all who believe in Him, and for every knee to bow to Him, and for every tongue to confess that Jesus is Lord at His return. Amen.
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Dear everyone, please pray for this prayer request above, and please share it with everyone, everywhere! Until it comes true, and Jesus returns to save His people – which hopefully, by then, will include all the people of the world!
Thank You!
God bless you!
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Sincerely,
Leo Sourisseau
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
[email protected]
Please pray Jehovah will find me a Godly husband and I will have lots of children well. Also that we look like God. And all else.
Prayer request God blesses me with a wife if it is Gods will for my life to be married
Please pray for our beautiful world and people. That we can be better for all and show more love and mercy and move away from this horrible fear and despicable things that are happening in the name of hate. Please pray for my family and friends and keep them safe and even for those who could be considered as enemies as they may not like me and I fear they need the most love. Please pray for me that I am able to gain the strength and courage to know God’s desire for my life and to fulfill it to my best ability. My health can be poor due to Crohn’s disease but that is not an excuse to fulfilling my duties to what the Lord desires me to do on earth. I am so very grateful for your prayers. I pray you have safe journeys filled with wondrous peace and joy.
Please pray for me and ask Jesus Christ to help me to be a good man and transform to a better person. Help me and ask Jesus to reveal himself to me and take away every struggle from my life and bless me with his love and peace and also bring peace in all my situations. Please pray for my relationship with Maizle which is broken, and ask Jesus Christ to make his way into our hearts, mend & fix our broken hearts & also our broken relationship. Heal us O Lord, have your mercy over us and change us, remove all the anger & hatred in Maizle’s heart that she has against me & heal her from all the hurts & pains from her life.. Please pray that Maizle soften’s her heart towards me & help her to come back, please pray that Jesus speaks to her & fills her with his Holy Spirit and make her feel her love again towards me… please pray for Maizle to call me. And fill me with Understanding to understand Maizle & patience, make me a good & loyal man to her. I can’t do this on my own, help me Jesus my savior!! Please save my relationship and Unite me & Maizle with the most precious blood of Jesus Christ, Amen!!
I am asking everyone to please pray for a sick former student of mine who is battling cancer. Her family is in a really difficult situation right now. This is the only thing i could help her. Please be with me in praying for her fast recovery. Her name is Ronesa Lao.
Thank you and may God bless everyone who says a prayer for Ness.
Dear Father James Martin,
My prayer request is for All Souls who have died in hope of everlasting life, my 31 year old niece Elizabeth fighting 4th stage cervical cancer, My friend Angel who is also fighting 4th stage cancer, and for Andys mother who is also fighting 4th stage cancer, and my sister Terese who is suffering terribly of the mind, body, and spirit, for all those who suffer grief do to the loss of a loved one, and for the well being of our country and world. May God contain us, maintain us, and sustain us in his name Amen
Father, please help me, You knows my pain, You always know what was happened because You see everything a most hidden corner though God knows, I come with a broken heart, I need You. please forgive me and damianus aditya too. Father, You knows how long I have waited a reconcilitation and restore relations for me and him. Please God soften and touch damianus aditya christie heart for me. I can’t touch his heart but Lord you can. I always try to be strong, but to be honest I was deeply hurt. I’m putting the disappointments, pain and mywhole hope in Your hands, please make this miracle happen for me
Please help me to have abundance and prosperity in my life thru your prayers. I am 56 years old unemployed Filipino seaman. I can not be hired anymore because of my age. I am drowning with mountains of bills and credits need to be paid soonest.I have some health issues with no source of income also that is why I can not support my family. Please help me to find an employment or source of income other than my line of job to support my family thru your prayers .
Please pray for Ting and her family intentions. Thank you
Please I ask all the saints all the angels in the name of Jesus Christ stop all hate no envy no evil wishes no sicknesses no loneliness..no spirits no demons no enemy will ever touch us or our homes or possessions bless vjw8172001 tbw11101997 rpw92464 abfsw42059 AAll plumbing.,104 u lyn.23 drk center 144 oak wh protect us please
I am 9 Years old and my Great-Aunt Pat has ALS. She can’t have conversations the way she used to and gets around on a wheelchair. Since there is no cure PLEASE pray for her. I know it is late but I am begging yo to pray for her
Please pray for Jacob Velasco, a 16 year old, fighting for his life in a battle with cancer. Pray for strength for his family and good health for the upcoming birth of Jacob’s brother in May
For all those who want to believe, that they be blessed with a God experience, the kind of experience you can never agin deny. For all those who already believe, that they face their fears fearlessly and be fortified in all the ways necessary as to be the face of Christ. For families that they grow closer. For children that they may seek their purpose purposefully and with conviction. For the world that it be a forgiving peaceful place.
Please pray for my sister and brother-in-law and all of us afflicted with cancer. Thank you.
Please pray For my health.
Please pray for my nephew undergoing dialysis and for me please, my left shoulder has been bothering more than 6 months now. Thank you.
For a friend facing surgery, two facing workplace challenges, and the return to the church of a family member. Blessings!
Please pray for reconciliation for Joe and Kristen to talk and do what is best for children in the divorce situation,
For my health to continue my volunteer ministries.
Paul Duffy deceased. Heidi health to improve.
Those I promise to pray for.
For earth’s goods, water and food, to be shared fairly across continents. For good to triumph over evil.
Please pray for a friend, who is in excruciating pain. He is losing his will to live. I thank you
Please pray for my nephew, Joey Harms, he is a Marine, and now has cancer and is in terrible pain. He is starting hospice. Please pray for him. Thank you.
Dear friends, 5 yr old Giovanni’s situation is critical; and he is suffering tremendously. Morphine is not alleviating his pain. Dear Father, please heal him.
T
I thanksgiving for healing on Tara . For my aunt rose Ina coma after a car accident and not doin well for my nephew new dx ms
A prayer of thanksgiving for all who shepherd a flock ( parents, priests, religious and lay ).
May they know the power of their example of faith and the importance of regular spiritual nourishment and self care.
And…… a very special thank you to the “birthday pilgrim” for his friendship and for all he gives both our parish and diocese!
Thank You for bringing us along on this amazing pilgrimage. We pray for you all everyday. Please pray for guidance and direction for our youngest son as he discerns leaving his corporate position to serve the poor. Thank You
please pray for those in my family who are lost and lost touch with God, and that we will all hear Him and listen and open our hearts to His love and mercy. thank you and may God bless.
Please pray for my parents healing. Please pray for my healing. Please pray for my family to return to their faith. Thank you!
Praying for all of you on your pilgrimage.
Please pray for my husband Paul who may have ocular melanoma. Also for my daughter Anna who has severe depression, and herniated discs in her back and neck. She is only 25. Also pray for my son Ben who has misplaced his faith in God. And for me, Mary Lou, for a deeper relationship with the Holy Trinity.
Please pray for my Aunt Amparo, whose beautiful spirit left this world today. May she rest in peace. Please pray for my husband’s health, that all will be well. With love and gratitude – may God bless you on your pilgrimage.
For the Holy Family’s intersession for Pope Francis.
For the pope’s intentions for this month.
A prayer, please, for a good outcome to a crime that was committed against my grand daughter-that the woman who kidnapped and beat her will be successfully prosecuted, that my family will feel forever safe from her and that they may heal.
Please remember our sons and their families, that they may find their way back to Jesus Christ.
With gratitude for your prayers, God bless you on your journey!
Special prayers for my nephew and all of our family members.
Please pray for healing of fatty liver disease, common bile duct and other physical problems. Thank you and God bless this pilgrimage!
Please pray that I find a job. A special request: Pray that the principal at Coronado Elementary calls me for an interview and, if I fit their needs, I am offered the position.
We wish a very special someone a Happy and Healthy Birthday! May God continue to bless you always and keep you safe….
Hello everyone…please pray for peace: in our world, in our country, in our town and above all, in our hearts.
God bless you all…
For our beloved Fr. Rene’ Robert who was tragically murdered Sunday, Aug. 10; for his grieving family and many friends in the communities where he lived and served; for God’s loving mercy for the troubled man Fr. Rene’ was trying to help; and for the courage to put love into action to help those in need.
May your pilgrimage be a source of blessing for all.
To allow Jesus to free me to love and serve whole heartedly. Freedom from fear and a need for approval. Healing my retreat into isolation and addiction. Help with ways I avoid and control money needs; freedom to receive with gratitude.
Forgiveness for lacking responsibility and humidity; lying and refusing to let go and be helped.
For a 16 year old grandson who is struggling with a learning disability—-he is getting the proper emotional support and professional al help…..please pray that the Grace of God will continue to support him in his difficult journey…
I pray daily that my family and I will be on your next Holy Land Prilgrmage ..”please put me on your “notification list” for the next one.
Please remember my daughter in your prayers while you travel Holy Land and you all have witnessed and seen the that Jesus Christ has healed the sick, raised the dead and cast out the demons , I trust and believe that Christ will heal my daughter when you will pray for her in the different holy places she is suffering with large intestine ulcer since last eight years.
Please pray for my friend Anne Peabody who has been diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. I will pray for safe travels for you also.
Please pray that I stay cancer free, that I find surgeons who will do the best job at reconstruction of the cheek and eye area. Please pray that my daughter and her family will let God into their lives. Please pray that these tours of religious sites will continue in the future and for the safety of all the pilgrims.
Please pray for continued growth and strength in our marriage as we transition through new phases. We continue to pray for your journey closer to Jesus.
We have enjoyed following this wonderful pilgrimage and would like to offer a prayer for our brother Joe Donnelly who will celebrate his birthday on Friday, April 22.
Please pray for our children and grandchildren to know, love and serve the Lord.
Please pray for continued strength and success for my son, Clay, on his journey to combat alcoholism, and for Lenore, Terry, Linda, Lori and Fred for their special needs.
For all pilgrims through the intersession of St. Martha.
For vocations.
Please join me in prayer for renewal of the Catholic Church and all Christian religions. That we be united in our common bond in Jesus Christ. That we can all understand what you are experiencing in our Jewish roots during this trip. That we more fully embrace the inclusivity and revolution that Jesus and his death showed us and become living, courageous expressions of God’s revolutionary love in every breath we breathe.
Please pray for strength and relief for our German friend, Florian, who has been just found to be suffering from stage four cancer.
Prayers are urgently needed for 5 year old Giovanni who battling for life.
Please pray for our marriage.
please pray for my husband that he can be free from his depression , so that he is in a better place. Please pray for Amy that she will be free from brain cancer.
Please Dear God, mend my daughter’s broken heart. Let her feel Your love to overflowing!
Prayer of thanksgiving for health and recovery. For family and friends health and safety.
Please pray that the Lord will lead me to what He will for me as I’m discerning about vocation. And also for the Lord to help me with my study and to my family, that they will always find God’s love everyday. Please pray also for the peace of the world and for the marginalized to gain comfort from the Lord. Pray that this pilgrimage will bring fruits of the Holy Spirit to everyone. Enjoy the pilgrimage! Will keep all of you in prayer! Thanks and God bless!
Please pray for my cousin of having the courage to see a priest for confession, He is addicted to drug for many years. Pray that the Holy Spirit guides him to attend masses so he could feel Christ ‘s love and mercy.
Please pray for my son who recently recognized that he is inappropriately abusing alcohol, and with a familial predisposition towards alcoholism he is working on taking positive steps to take alcohol out of his life. Please pray for his success and that he remains open to the Holy Spirit guiding him. Thank you for your prayers as mine are with you too.
Please pray for my husband, that if it is God’s will, he convert to Catholicism. Please also hold in prayer my children, as they begin new paths in their lives, that they may remain close to our faith, and seek always to do His will. Heal my daughter of her addiction, and help my gay son find peace. I pray for a safe, joyful journey for your pilgrimage ! AMEN !
Prayers for a safe, speedy, and peaceful delivery of my daughter Regina Gabrielle, and for direction and wisdom as my husband considers job situations and where God is leading him.
for peace on the earth, safe travel and life giving pilgrimage for Holy Land 2016, healing prayers for Fr. Jim, Dianne, Steve, Anthony, Rick’s cousins with cancer, for the repose of the soul of Fr. William Bovard, for Christian, Timothy, Matthew, Steve and Debbie as they mourn Layla, employment for Matthew, guidance for Marissa, direction and determination for Steve, Debbie, Timothy, Matthew, and Christian. Amen!
I have 2 requests for 2 friends. One will be having a minor procedure on Friday and the second is dealing with her son’s family, and their tensions.
Thank you for the prayers.
For our grandson, Augustus, who is 20 mos old and weighs only 20 lbs. And for his parents…. May our Lord help Gus to thrive and calm the fears of his mom and dad.
Please pray for Angelus Academy in Springfield, VA that our Lord will hold us in the palm of His Hand, keep us from harm, and show us His Holy Will, that the staff, faculty and parents together serve our Lord and His little one and that He will send us the students whom would benefit from His “little school.”
For the marriage and family of Gavin and Lorraine.
Thanks for your prayers.
Dear Pilgrims
Please keep me in your prayers
I am currently experiencing great sadness over a relationship with a friend who was hurt and disappointed by my actions….things are not the same…praying for healing understanding restoration and reconcialiation
I have three prayer request please.
Please remember my sister-in-law, Patty. She is on the kidney transplant list, Dana, who suffers from MS and My nephew Scott who’s suffers from mental and physical disabilities.
For healing!
Thank you!!
I am remembering all of you in my daily prayers. Thank you for sharing your journey
Please pray for our 9 month old grandson, who has severe allergies and has been diagnosed with a couple of rare disorders which are only partially understood by the doctors. Please, please pray for his healing.
Also, please pray for one of our sons, Matt, whose wife left him for another. They have a 2 1/2 year little girl. He is feeling very low and I wish so much for some means of seeing him once more filled with joy and purpose.
Please pray that my son,Daniel, is able to find a job. He has been applying and searching for 8 months. I pray for a wonderful pilgrimage for you. Thank you.
Please pray for my sister’s complete healing: emotional, spiritual, mental and physical. Please Dear God, heal her of her addictions!
Healing for my sister and her family.
For our brothers and sisters in the Holy Land, for their wellbeing and protection from those who envy them and hate Christian peace.
For our brothers in Ecuador’s earthquake, that many more are rescued and Catholic Relief Services can work efficiently.
For religious vocations, and all vocations of the Church.
Please pray for my son who is in the depths of despair with addiction and mental health issues. May he find his soul again .
Prayers for the Family designed by our Lord. That all families participate in the sacraments of the church. Prayers to keep open all hearts and minds in accepting God in good times and bad, remembering to follow him at all times. A recipe for P E A C E within oneself! Thank you for your prayers during this awesome journey…tis’ a blessing for ye and for those participating via the internet! Prayers coming your way.
Please pray for conversion to our Catholic faith for Yaacov, Sarah and Lev Rubin, James Skufis and Melissa Persensky. To return to church for Charles and Matthew Persensky.
Pray for all who are dealing with difficulties in their life. Continue to thank the lord for all he has done to answer our prayers. May our prayers continue to keep you all safe on your journey. And thank you for sharing your journey with us.
Pray for all mankind to come to know Christ. Pray for the completion of our trip to Holyland this year. May it be a journey to increase our faith.
Please pray that my sons will return to active participation in the life of the Church. They claim to still have faith, say they do not plan to leave the Catholic Church, but they have not regularly attended Mass in a very long time. I was in the Holy Land with a group from my parish during Lent last year – have also been reading Jesus/ A Pilgrimage. It’s been a blessing g to follow your journey along many of the same places I visited. Prayers for all of you as well!
Please pray for my mother, who is experiencing pneumonia and other complications after chemotherapy and radiation treatments. And also, please pray for my marriage and my wife.
Please play for our nephew whose autism seems out of control. For his healing and for his parents to open up to new resources for help. Thank you. Safe travels.
Please pray for my friend, Tom who was diagnosed with cancer. God bless all the pilgrims and have a safe journey.
Please Pray for my niece Laura Joslyn who is desperate need of a heart transplant. I May it will be five years she has been on a wait list. May God Bless all of you on the Pilgrimage.
Please for my sister as she faces struggles she has never had to face before. Please pray that she return to church and the sacraments.
Please pray that my heart is open and will recognize Gods will for me and that He give me the strength to do His will no matter what it is.
Please pray for all the people in my life facing physical and emotional distress. Please comfort them.
Please send more people into the priesthood, deaconat and religious life.
Help me know and do Your will every minute of every day. Amen
Please pray for my aunt Joan who has had to move to assisted living and is suffering in accepting the limitations in her life. Please pray for me as I learn to sit with her suffering and extreme negativity, that I might know the difference between fixing that which I can’t and being a loving presence in her life.
Please pray for my daughter and I, we are struggling through a tough time emotionally and are dealing with a lot of fear and anxiety issues. We are praying and trusting but it is very difficult to experience God’s love right now, although we know He is with us and that just makes it feel worse in some ways because that should give us peace and we can’t experience it right now. Thank you and God bless you! I pray for you all during your pilgrimage that you may experience the love of God right where you are.
Thank you Father Jim for sharing this amazing journey!!! I wish I was there and hope someday I will be. I am praying for you, for Father Joe (of Southbury) and your entire group to be safe on this amazing journey!!. Nothing can be more special than taking this daily journey with all of you. Can you please pray for my co-worker that will be going for a biopsy test tomorrow. Also for my sister who recently had a hearing implant and prays daily she will once again be able to hear Mass like she used to. God Bless all of you and thank you for sharing a once in a lifetime experience!
Please pray for the soul of my father who had died last year
Please pray also that Mark will already find a suitable job here in SG this week.
Amen.
Thank you.
Please pray for the conversion of hearts for my son,Kevin, my father ,parents- in-law, brothers and their families , all who are ignorant of Jesus and all the ISIS fighters.
For peace in the world and may the Lord dispels all violence and hatred and fill His lands with love and peace.
Thank you.
Please pray tt ather God will grant be all my petitions I lifted up since widowhood, n give me the blessings & graces to be able to accept His will while still persevere, waiting for unanswered favours in Jesus’s name.
I pray that my children n grandchildren will get to know Jesus n feel his love, warmth n mercy. May the Spirit of our Lord live in me n transform me.
Please pray for my children and for strength to continue forward with my life during a very hard time.
Please pray for peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land and in Central America, for the Jesuit ministries around the world and for the Holy Father. Please also pray for my children and granchildren, that they may encounter Jesus in their lives. Lastly pray for the souls of our departed friends and family members.
Please pray for my medical tests on Wed April 20th, for medical personnel; and for all subsequent medical procedures; for my family in their need especially that they return to the faith. Thank you and God bless you on pilgrimage!
Please pray for my special intentions.
Please pray for peace and for all those who have no one to pray for them
I have 3 prayer requests, my family is in need of prayers.
Please, please pray for my sister Cheryl Barker for healing. She is in much pain with Pleurisy in her lungs, and is diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that is not curable called myasthenia gravis. right now she is really suffering as the doctors are not sure what is causing fluid around her heart called paricarditis. God bless you all on your journey and thank you so much for sharing it with the world. It is my dream to one day be there too.
Please pray for me for God to guide me in my journey and ministry caring for the home bound elderly. I just lost 2 of my ladies that went to there eternal home and my heart is heavy even though I rejoice for them. I ask for God to send me to the next ones to do His Holy Will.
Please pray for my daughter Nicole to resist the temptations of alcohol and to come home to the church. She is now a single parent and raising her 2 children by herself
Thank you for praying you will also be in my daily prayers.
Pax vobiscum (The peace of Christ be with you)
Please pray for Pastor Christian Mubonzi and his wife Henriette as they travel from the Democratic Republic of Congo to South Africa. Please pray for their safety and well-being. And thank you for opening this pilgrimage to so many people all over the world.
Please pray for my friend, Colleen who lost her 21 year old daughter in a car crash in Dec. and the family needs lots of prayers!
My niece, Sarah needs BIG BIG prayers as does her family! Thanks so much
For the renewal of marriage vows, giving testimony of the virtues needed in the world today.
Please pray for my son and his wife as he starts a new venture and for their new baby who has hip dysplasia
Healing of arthritis in knees. And to sell my home, and know where to move to next.
Please pray for all my family who has left this earth and my family who have not yet passed: my Grandparents, my Father & Mother, Brother & Sister, In-Laws, Aunts & Uncles, Cousins and especially for my 20 yr old son, Chris. God Bless You On This Journey.
Thank you for inviting us to share this pilgrimage. Please pray for my children, my mother and numerous friends who are facing challenges. Knowing that you are in such a spiritual place and praying for us, gives comfort and hope. Thank you
Thank you for the videos and reflections from the Holy Land. What a gift! I will pray for you Pilgrims. Please pray for the healing of our marriage and restoration of our family. With much gratitude.
I feel selfish asking you to pray for my husband…. but please do. I will keep you in my daily reflections.
Please be safe on your journey. Will you please pray for my healing from breast cancer while you are in the Holy Land? Thank you and God bless you all.
For the repose of the soul of Fr. Vincent Machozi, Congolese Assumptionist priest murdered Palm Sunday 2016 in his home village. He was a voice for the Nande people in Eastern Congo who suffer atrocities and death on a daily basis. May he rest in Jesus’ loving arms.
Please pray for Maral who is suffering with Alzheimer’s and her husband Kirk, their teenage son and the 2 caregivers. They live in a third world country where there are no supportive services of any kind for this terrible disease. Maral is only 58 years old and our family needs a miracle………..
Thank you for sharing your pilgrimage with us……Blessings on each of you.
We are following you remembering with gratitude our own pilgrimage. We pray for our faith and that of our family.
May God bless your pilgrimage accompanying you all along.
With gratitude for blessings received and in petition for the needs of our children, grandchildren, friends and neighbors.
Dear Jesus, You know what we need even before we are aware, be with us in times of struggle. Help us to always trust in You!
Prayer Request
What do I ask of your pilgrim prayer?
So simple the word, the thought
So hard to achieve, perceive
In actuality.
It is peace.
Peace in the Middle East
There are some places I’ve trod
In reality or by projection
You are there, next door to Syria
You can literally see the Golan Heights
Sights my eyes too
Have seen but recently
Then too in decades past I too
Flew into surrounding places
Landed in Lebanon, forbidden
Even to deplane
As flames of war encompassed me.
Then, later still, walked ancient streets
Of Jerash and Amman. Wandered,
Wondered at majestic Petra’s rocks.
Saw in mind’s eye Damascus
As Paul preached
Followed historic footsteps
Across the Middle East.
So, for what do I pray?
That God’s people may
Find refuge
Cease to be refugees.
That they may enjoy peace
And some prosperity.
That they may live and die
In the normal course of life.
That their dreams may turn real
And their tears dried
I ask you to pray, to bombard the Lord
For evil’s sword to be put down
Please pray for my family so we can live in harmony and peace. Prayers for a safe pilgrimage for you. God Bless You.
Please pray for my brother Tim that he finds peace and God’s love to transform him during this difficult time. He is both physically and emotionally disabled and in a very fragile state currently.
Dear Fr Jim,
Please pray for Perla, Virginia, Tony, Raymund, Jess, Kathleen, Eia ,Joseph, Raymond, Ryan , Joey & their loved ones for Divine Healing, success & happiness.
Praying for all of you for safe , blessed & happy Holy Land trip.
Thank you .
Pray for Philip, his health and work opportunities.
I pray for my special intentions and those in need if God’s help,Amen.
Please pray for peace in our family and in our world.
Pls pray for 3 year old Booker, that the drs are able to help stop his seizures. I ask for prayers for John who is just being diagnosed with a brain tumor, that treatment be successful and for his peace. God bless you all on your journey!
Thank you Lord Jesus for saving my brother who had 100% blockage, and now for complete healing.
Dear Pilgrims with Fr Jim at the Holy Land
Pls pray for my family of 3 to draw closer to God. For God to breathe new life and create new love in our marriage. For our daughter who’s 8yrs old to grow up loving God. For my husband’s business to have a turnaround and that he will not suffer major finiancial problems. For my mother and parent-in-laws good health. For my sisters to be drawn nearer to God.
Thank you for your prayers.
I will pray daily for all of you to encounter God deeply within your hearts on this special trip!
God bless
Mag
Singapore
Please pray for my family that Jesus will meet them where they are and call them back to his Church.
Please pray for God’s guidance and protection over my sister Michelle and brother in law Randal. They are going through a very difficult and painful time right now.
Thank you so much for the prayers!
Please pray for me as I begin Catholic volunteer corps service with the Benedictine Sisters this July. Pray also that I can continue discerning my vocation to religious life, chaplaincy, and further schooling. Pray that my battle with anxiety and depression is over and it never returns. Pray that I am able to be a light in the darkness and convey the Love of Jesus to the poor and the oppressed and afflicted while I am in ministry. Thank you!
Please pray for my family.
Please pray for my adult children who have left the church, for my son’s drinking problem, for my daughter’s mental illness. Thank you for your prayers!
Please pray for physical and spiritual healing of Mrs. Agripina Dula and Leila Centeno
Please pray for my family that they may find protection,healing and peace in the love of Jesus. I would also like to request prayers for the protection and guidance of our Blessed Papa Francesco.
My prayers are with you and thank you for your beautiful ministry.
Please pray for my mother who was recently in a car accident. Please pray for her healing especially her back and her feet. Also for my father … Please pray to soften his hardened heart
Please pray for me, so that I may become a more loving husband and father, and more open to hearing what God is calling me to do. Have a great trip! I’ll be praying for all of you!
Please pray for my daughter Lori that her hearing will keep improving after her transplant and that my daughter Linda and son Fred will not lose anymore of their hearing. Thank you and have a wonderful Pilgrimage
Please pray for my son,Stephen, who has Melanoma. He is 46 years old and has 2 daughters. Please ask Jesus to heal him.
For Good Shepperds for our Church. For holy and Christian religious vocations.
We are looking to purchase a home. Please pray that God puts us in the right place at the right time.
Please pray for William Milasauskis, former Cheverus student, awaiting a liver transplant.
Please pray for myself (Lyn), my husband (Jonathan) and our children Ben and Grace. We believe the Lord is asking us to make an international move this summer. Please pray that He will continue to speak with us. fill us with vision and show us exactly what he wants us to be doing.
Praying for you as you are in the Holy Lord, may this be a special and blessed time for you all.
Please pray for my family to enjoy peace and acceptance each day with their life struggles.
Please pray for my 93 year old mother who wants to go home but needs to stay in a safe nursing center.
And pray for my daughter, who has been divorced, and is trying to get a job that will provide for her two children.
And for us, Bill and I, that we can minister to both of them.
Thank you so much for these videos, they bring so much joy and emotion ! My prayer request is for love and peace to fill the world – so much suffering, and difficulties. Love to all, and Praying for Pope Francis ! Thank you!
Prayers for pope Francis, for the lay faithful to live the latest exhortation, and for the world’s conversion.
And for all the pilgrims on this journey.
Pray for my family. I pray for all of you, that this pilgrimage deepens your encounter with Our Shepherd and Lord.
Please pray for my extended family’s physical and mental health, and peace. And for me, that I willingly submit to God’s plan, for whatever comes next in my life’s journey.
I pray that all of you have a life-changing experience on your trip!
Please pray for my mother in law’s recovery.
Please pray for my sister’s continued recovery.
Please pray for my son.
Prayee for me and other pilgrims who under the spiritual direction of Father Gustavo Campo will be travelling to the Holy Land and Rome this Junefor 12 days that it may bear much fruit.
Prayers, please, that a very dear friend will find her way back to the celebration of The Eucharist at Mass after settling for years of private prayer and aloneness with God.
Please pray for Anthony, age 28, recently diagnosed with bone cancer and facing surgery and extensive chemo, and for his family. Sending prayers and love on your pilgrimage!
Prayer for Marcio Alvarado Jr. Who will be having vocal cord surgery for a revival of a polio.
For a legion of Mary evangelization project to Cuba july12-23,2016.
For the Pioneer Center -total Abstineence Association of the sacred Heart.
For the Mother of Light Center to find a facility.
Please pray for Danielle and her little daughter, and extended family. The single mom has late term cancer and her little girl needs her. God bless and have a lovely pilgrimage!
Please pray for my family’s mental health issues and world peace. Thank you and God bless all on this wonderful pilgrimage !
My family which is falling apart with their marriages
My self who has a broken femur and hip
Hope the Jesuits have a God filled trip…
Please pray for my friend Anna, that she finds the love that Jesus has for her. Please help her make the good choices to receive your graces oh, Lord. Help her accept the forgiveness of her sins and bring her back home. God bless you all and thank you for taking these prayers with you on Pilgrimage.
Please prayer for my wife Ann who is dealing with several health issues.
Please pray that Emma Strenkert will recover from her bipolar depression and anxiety attacks to allow her to return to college.
Please pray that Judys cancer treatment will put her in remission that she may enjoy a few years of watching her children grow, and settle. Please pray for a peaceful death for my mother, that she will not struggle or endure anymore pain. Please pray for my physical , emotional, spiritual, financial strength to continue to care for everyone in my home.
Please pray that God will call my sons and their families to faith. My payers are with ya’ll on your journey.
Please pray for my brother,Ted, as he faces the loss of one leg and possibly the loss of the other. Help him to accept this and to be open to the life ahead with these limitations.
Please pray for Linda and Amy as both undergo treatment for breast cancer.
For my daughters, Sylvie and Camille, who will soon be baptized. And for me, that I will let go of my fears and cling only to Jesus.
I am praying for you all, too.
Please pray for my parents health. Please pray for my families return to the faith. Please pray for my healing. Thank you!
Please remember Mary Ann Wasil. She went home to Our Father and her father today (4/15/16). A special Saint!! ?Will be missed !
Please pray for our son Eddie, his partner Ellen, and our granddaughter Audrey : for the Holy Spirit to show them the way for themselves and to raise Audrey in Faith in God. Also good physical and mental health for all three.
Prayers for my brother and his wife, who are dealing with long-term cancer treatment. Their names: Jim and Karen
Pray too for all who are pilgrims by necessity: refugees, migrants, street people. . .
Have a wonderful experience with the Lord, Jim Martin and George, SJ!
Please pray for my family: Alicia, my daughter, who is in her first trimester of a high-risk pregnancy; Michelle, my daughter, who is very alone; Robert, my son, who is struggling with a failing marriage and Tsehai, my granddaughter, who struggles daily with Autism. Give us the strength to accept God’s will.
Please pray for my daughter Katie and her return to health.
Please pray for my 16 year old son, Matt, who is losing his hearing. He has had a hearing loss since birth, but now his loss is becoming greater and greater. Pray for his doctors as they find a course of actin for us.
Please pray for my friend, Rich Rempel, as he continues to fight cancer. He is a man of God and always has been. He and his wife, Mary, have 3 beautiful children. His family needs him.
Please pray that my son Ryan remains faithful to Jesus as he journeys back to our Catholic faith. Please pray that he is safe as he is on a glacier in Alaska for 24 days. Also, my other family members that they too come back to the church and sacraments. My sister Carol who had a quadruple bypass. Thank you all so much and you will all be in my prayers.
Please pray for my family that they remain safe, in good health and close to God. May the children under my care remain safe and receive comfort and cure. Help my team Tsengtsai, Chou Ning, Ganga , Prabha and their teams that we help more children. Grant stable lives and good husbands for my sister Tina and myself. Help in my work. especially research. Help Kyle and Nikki my pamangkins to find fulfilling work and financial stability, Thank your Lord for all your blessings.
Please pray for me to feel safe. Some truly evil people have joined forces to hurt me and slander me after I reported wrong doing. They are law enforcement and they hired hackers to set me up. They hurt a very elderly Catholic friend bc she stood up for me, and she died alone and afraid. Please pray justice is served on these awful, horrid people and that they stop bothering my family which I think they recently started to do. They follow me home from work and park their cars next to me and only leave if I film them. (Thank God the ACLU has an app for that.) These people are responsible for the deaths of 5 elderly women. They have no fear. Only God can help me now.
Please be in prayer with me to find peace in my current vocation of singlehood and not lose hope to someday become a wife and mother. May I be open to where God is guiding my career and may I continue to be humble in the work I do.
In your prayers please remember my grandson Andrew and his parents Shannon and Brian on the occasion of Andrew’s baptism on April 16.
for my honest intention for the priestly vocation, successful acceptance of my application and the grace to live the life once the formation begins.
for strength of health on my parents
Please pray for my mother, who is finishing up a round of chemotherapy and radiation treatment for cancer. One of my fondest memories with her in recent years is sharing the videos from your last trip to the Holy Land, and I know it would mean a lot to her to know that she was prayed for in that sacred land.
Please pray for my daughter Abby as she continues to battle depression and the urge to self harm
Please pray for my family’s employment challenges and the need to reduce our living expenses significantly. St. Joseph has been summoned to assist with the sale of our home but it has been on the market for over one year. The stress is impacting our family terribly.
In faith, we thank you for your prayers!
Please pray for: for wisdom Conor T. as he faces a time of discernment for his path. Courage to follow Gods call.
Please pray for
Eunjin Moon, a young girl who is suffering from kidney disease.
Cecilia Kim who is fighting lung/brain cancer.
Agnes Kim who just finished chemo treatments for ovarian cancer.
Michaela Kim who is fighting pancreatic cancer.
Brian Yoo, a young boy who needs healing in vocal chord and urethra.
Thank you for your prayers!!♡♡♡
Dear Friends,
Please pray for my 4 year old grand daughter who has been treated for kidney cancer, that she will remain cancer free. Thank you so much. Know how blessed you are to be making this pilgrimage!
This one is (selfishly) just for me. My health is not the best, particularly my back and right leg. I am asking for the grace to accept what is.
For my husband, BILL, who has leukemia
For my elderly mother, DORIS
For our children, extended family, and deceased
Please pray for my son and my grandson who struggle so with everyday life.
Thank you and God Bless all of you!
My wife and I are retired and trying to discern God’s guidance in the next direction in our life’s journey. Please pray that we become aware and open to this direction.
Thanks,
Tom and Rosemary H.
Lomita, CA
Please pray for my parents, that as they age we 5 kids will be able to help them And love them. Please pray that I will find a job that uses my abilities and earns what I need to maintain my household.
Please pray for our son, Eric Rummelhoff, who was admitted to a psychiatric hospital upon his 2nd manic episode. Please pray for his recovery and pray to guide his parents, Jean and Gary, to discern the best way to love him through this experience and his whole life.
Safe travels on your journey.
Please pray for the health and healing of my sister-in-law Susan, who has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer. Thank you very much. I will pray for your safe journey.
Please pray for a complete healing for Cass. He has an aggressive cancer. He is a father to three and a devoted husband. He is a good man. It is painful to see he and his family suffer. He turned 50 earlier this year.
Please pray for my son David (who is recently divorced) and his children Jeremiah, Victoria and Joseph. Please pray for his guidance in the decisions he makes for himself and his children. Thank you! And thank you all for your prayers?I will be praying for your journey
Please pray for the soul of my work colleague Peter, who died suddenly this week at the age of 32, only one month after losing his wife at the age of 30, leaving a 1 year old child. May Peter and Paula both rest in God’s peace and may Vincent be held in God’s hands for the rest of his days.
Please pray for my complete recovery from a serious auto accident so I may return to my medical practice and my avocation as a church organist (liturgically degreed) I have been absent for over 6 months. In my spare time I create vestments for our clergy. Keeps me out of trouble.
I will pray for your safety during this trip and all your travels and for our Pope Francis and his steadfastness.
Bless all of you at America and keep up you wonderful work.
In case you are wondering, YES! I support you financially.
Please pray for my daughter’s husband to find a good job that will give their family some security in the future.
Please pray for my healing and recovery back to full health. I have a cancer recurrence that traditional chemotherapy won’t work against. I will be undergoing a clinical trial that I pray will finally eradicate my cancer. Thank you very much for your prayers! God bless your pilgrimage!
For forgiveness, reconciliation, and well being of our children and grandchildren. For all who are sick or suffering in any way. For cures for dread disease s and relief for those who have them. For rescue for addicts, the handicapped, the mentally ill, the abused and lonely, those in harms way. For our loving family and friends both living and dead. For families. For those who have do wandered away from the church. For strength and peace in the US. IN THANKSGIVING.
Please pray for our 11 year old granddaughter , Jenny, who has a terminal genetic condition known as Gangliosidosis. Let her be in Gods loving embrace to help ease her burdens. Also pray for a dear friends son,Patrick who suffers with numerous intestinal issues that continue to plague him.
Please pray for our hero, 5 -year- old Giovanni who has leukemia and underwent a bone marrow transplant today, his second. Also please pray for the conversion of my beloved niece. I will keep you in my prayers during your pilgrimage. Thank you!!!
Please pray for my husband Walt who is undergoing radiation and hormonal therapy for prostate cancer. He is not very religious but he read the article in the WSJ regarding the resurrection. He loved it and I am reading Jesus A Pilgrimage. I can’t put it down and hope that he will pick it up after I am finished.
May you have a wonderful safe journey. Peace.
I will pray for a safe and happy pilgrimage for you all. Please help me pray that my husband may find a good, stable job so we can be financially independent and move out of our current situation. Please pray as well for the success of our studio and for peace in our family and for continued good health for us all. Thank you so much. God bless you all.
I will keep you in my prayers. Please pray for my children’s and grandchildren’s complete return to Jesus and for the Holy Spirit to burn in their hearts. Also for my husband to turn to Jesus and His Church. For my Mother in law and sister in law to experience Jesus’ love and open their hearts to Him. Tell Jesus I love Him and His Mother. Peace
Please pray for my daughter, Eileen, to recover completely from her brain aneurysm surgery. Especially, if God would consider it, that sight be restored to her right eye. I am deeply grateful. May you have a joyous and safe journey God bless you.
Please pray for my friend Karyn, a young woman in her early 40s who is recovering from a near fatal stroke. Her recovery has been slow and complicated but she has a great support system, husband, daughter, and parents. Keep them all in your prayers.
Dear Fathers and Pilgrims, please pray for my mother Rosa. The previous pilgrimages prayed her through surgery and her first round of chemotherapy, and now she needs more prayers to see her safely through the second round and to remission. Also please for my family as a whole. Thank you all so much – I will be following and praying for you all throughout your journey.
Please pray for the conversion of my family and especially for Mike, who seems so lost. And that the Lord will lead us in this election year.
Please pray for James’s and Vilma’s healing and peace in the world!
For some good man to become priests.
Please pray that my husband accepts Our Lord in these, his last days. And that his passing is pain free.
For the victims of violence and all those who suffer from it…
For Noah, 9 years old, suffering from a stroke and for his loved ones…
For a dear friend as she moves far away…
In thanksgiving for the many blessings my family receives – especially the gift of hope
Please pray for my mother during this changing time for her as she nears closer to the end of her journey. For Doug, Irene, Sandy and othe friends who are battling illness. For Dermot and his beautiful, hurting family. For my wife and three children. For all those who feel more despair than Hope. Each day I pray for these and others, that they may feel God’s love, answer His call, and that they may find peace in the hope offered through his Son. Please offer prayers with me. I will pray for you and all your intentions. The book, Jesus a Pilgrimage, has been so important to me.
Please pray for Patrick and Swati, that they may find peace within their marriage and with one another; for my aging mother; for my two teenage boys, that they may continue to know the Lord’s presence in their life and be guided to make wide decisions.
For Dave and Allison as they move to a new job in Virginia.
For my daughter and her husband for safety in their work overseas and a safe return home to the US.
For God’s mercy for the people of Flint, Michigan in the water crisis.
Please pray for my son’s recovery. Pray the Holy Spirit will guide him to the path that will get him help.
I pray for Jason that he get his life on track. I pray that he gains the maturity needed to get and keep a job and that he finds love and companionship from the right person that God has chosen for him. I ask this in Jesus’ name.
Please pray for my family who is in crisis. Michael, Catherine, Rachel, Matthew
And for myself and Teddy as we get ready to move.
For good health for all.
Lord I pray for the healing of Laurence and family healing and reconciliation.
For peace and contentment for our children.
Please pray for a change in Ara’s heart, that I may find a soulmate to share my life with, and for my sons to be kept safe and in the faith, for more vocations and peace in the world. Many thanks for praying and may you be blessed!
Please include our children and grandchildren so that they all come to know and love the Lord.
I wish I get job this year.
I’ve been jobless for about a year. And I guess I began desperate.
for my son with Depression
for my daughter with Anxiety
for my son with a spinal tumor, that they may be healed and find God’s purpose in their lives.
for the migrant children suffering,
for peace in this volatile world.
For DSR that they may come to know God
For DJD as he struggles to overcome addiction and rebuild his life and for his family to heal and love him
For the repose of the souls of my parents, Don and Catherine.
For my daughters: May God keep them healthy physically, spiritually, and emotionally….and lead them back to the Church
For help in handling the lonely and difficult marriage that I am in.
For the repose of the soul of Rev. Brendan G. Harnett, (Dioceses of Portland ME and Adelaide Australia)
For the repose of the soul of Ashley Grover and for peace and comfort for her parents and family.
For peace in the war torn countries of the Middle East.
For a just resolution to the issues of land and human rights for Palestinians as well as Israelies.
For Christians who face persecution and death in many areas of the world.
Please pray for this 34 yrs old man. He discovered Pancreatic cancer 2 weeks ago. He has a newborn child. His first name is Akshay.
Please pray for the speedy resolution of this law suit (Green case)
that I am involved in.
Please pray for my brother Ivan who has been in ICU for the past 3 weeks and is still on a ventilator that he may recover completely so he can began his very lengthy road to a complete recovery.
For Fr. Rich Buhler, SJ, who hit a homerun directing our retreat this past weekend at Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat House in Grand Coteau, LA.
That my husband and I can share a love of Christ together within our marriage.
For a new beginning for Jamie ;
For Clare, Tom, Shannan and Karina
In memory of Joe and Pat Roy,
For the Roy family,
For those who suffer with depression,
For those struggling with their faith.
Safe travels! I will be praying for your safe journey. I ask that you pray for my face book friends ,Kimberly Hertel, a complete healing from cancer and Erlinda Romero Atkins a complete recovery from the removal of a large mass on her spine. Thank you!
For my family, for my friends, and for me as we continue to mourn the loss of our dear Joan Verdel Bartolomei, who passed away in October 2015 after a courageous battle with breast cancer. As Pope Francis would say: “Please pray for me. Don’t forget!”
For my husband who had been swallowed whole by evangelical Internet preachers and no longer believes in the Eucharist. Although he reads scripture daily, he follows the Internet preachers’ interpretation of it. These preachers are extremely anti-Catholic and have convinced him that the entire RC church is corrupt. What better place to pray for him than in the Holy Land.
Thank you.
Please pray for employment for my son-in-law and all those who seek work. It is a long time in-between jobs these days, even for experienced and talented individuals. Thank you
My dear Lord free my family to love you and know you more. Pour your healing love over my family’s addiction to alcohol, our physical illness, mental illness and all spiritual darkness that keeps us away from you. Bring us into reconciliation and to love you, your truth and praise you Lord forever. Amen.
For the health,strength,&happiness of my husband. For the successful recovery of our pastor Fr Tony. For my children and their spouses …..joy,happiness&peace.
For the mentally ill,terminally ill,and the elderly and lonely. For those in long term care facilities,especially my sister. For the bereaved,esp.my sister.The my city,especially the youth and the disenfranchised. For single parents and those having marital problems. For my own strength,health,& wisdom. That all vestiges of racism and intolerance be eliminated,esp in this Diocese. For the Holy Spirit to fill this Diocese and its people be a light for the city. This we ask in Jesus’name. Amen.
Dear Lord I ask you to take care of all my family, Chantal, Jennifer and Kathryn. Please help FT and bring him back. Help me to keep on going and bless my country with peace.
For me and my whole family, especially for the conversion of two of them. And for my husband and his job.
For strength and courage to heal from PTSD and its accompanying issues.
That all my family members return to Jesus, the Church, and the sacraments. For peace among all family members. For a deep faith on my part. That we all realize the jobs/tasks that God wants us to do. Strength and peace when facing death. Healing for John, JP, Robert, Olivia, Sally, Mary, Joseph, Bunny, Rita. Danny.
For my daughter and family that they may rediscover their faith in God
Please pray for me that God will give me the clarity, wisdom, and guide me as I discern His will for me. I’m making HUGE life changing because I feel the call. But I’m at a crossroads and I need to know what to do next.
For my mom: that she continues to heal and enjoy whatever time she has left on this Earth.
For my brother: that the evil that tries to work against him will not succeed and that he recieves the rewards he’s earned.
For the world: that everyone find the peace, love, and joy the deserve; that those uncertain of their faith find the clarity they need to make the steps towards their faith, not away from it.
I will pray for all of you and your safe travels!
(1) Financial stability and independence for my son Damien;
(2) speedy justice and vindication in the legal battles of my son Jay
(3) love and forgiveness in my husband Alex’ heart and his reconciliation with his sons
Please pray for our country, that we will come to our senses and put an end to the greed and hatred that seem to be all that we think of. That our politicians will realize that they are elected by the people to do good for our country and not for themselves and their political party.
Please pray for my friends. One of whom has not been to mass in many weeks, so please pray that she continue to have an inspiring faith and love in the Lord. My other friend has left the faith saying that it is just a “routine.” Please pray that he returns back to the faith and sees the “routine” as an expression of God’s mercy.
Please pray for a faith renewal, my mental health and financial situation.
If you are able to please pray that my husband and I are able to have a baby, or if that is not God’s will that we are able to accept that with grace and understanding.
Have a safe and fruitful trip!
For companions who love Christ for my sister and for me. Thank you and many blessings on this journey
Our 13 year old grandson has been very ill with Lyme disease for 2 years now and still showing no signs of recovery. All your prayers would be so welcome. Thank you. Have a wonderful trip!
Two friends are diagnosed with cancer – one just recently with colon cancer, a very dedicated young men who devotes his time to volunteering at church; another a mother of a four year old, a lawyer who works for human rights in Indonesia and the Philippines. I ask you to pray for their healing. I also humbly ask you to pray for my sister and her husband, for the strain in the marriage to heal, and for me to find a better job so I can help my family. Thank you very much. I wish I could go on a pilgrimage. It is my greatest dream.
A close friend lost her husband yesterday. They had two young children. Please Pray for them! Jillian, Rio, and Miles are their names….