Besides prayer, are there other ways for us to intercede for our friends and loved ones?

[Robert_Sock]

I’m willing to suffer but strongly sense that my successful struggle to grow spiritually will somehow positively affect my friends and loved ones as well.

 

[spiderweb]

There are lots of ways to intercede for someone. One of the easiest is to “offer up” any hardship (no matter how small or insignificant it seems) joyfully on their behalf.

Don’t want to mow the grass? Let your “suffering” of mowing the grass be a spiritual benefit to someone offering it up for them.

Are you thirsty or hungry? Do a mini fast of a minute or two intentionally as spiritual intercession for another.

Literally anything can become an intercessory prayer in this manner. Doing these small things have the side effect of making you a more joy filled person which brings about stronger relationships with friends and loved ones and most especially deepens your relationship with Christ, who perfected suffering.

 

[ClearWater]

I think working on our own defects is a good way to intercede for others.

 

[Robert_Sock]

Last night I experienced a deep depression over the circumstances surrounding the death of Erin Moran and I could not help but think that my depression acted as an intercession for her soul. By morning my depression disappeared.

 

[MaryHelp777]

I’m willing to suffer but strongly sense that my successful struggle to grow spiritually will somehow positively affect my friends and loved ones as well.

The church says there are three types of mercy we are called to:
Word
Action
Or
Prayer.

 

[Robert_Sock]

The church says there are three types of mercy we are called to:
Word
Action
Or
Prayer.

Do you think that the Church would consider the acceptance of suffering for the benefit of somebody’s soul to be a cognitive action?

 

[BarbTh]

I’m willing to suffer but strongly sense that my successful struggle to grow spiritually will somehow positively affect my friends and loved ones as well.

Offer your day for them. - your day that is a striving for holiness Actually that offering is a prayer. St Therese said that prayer is simply a Loving look towards Heaven or similar words. We don’t have to spend time on our knees or whatever to pray, it can be a quick look of Love to Heaven as we go about our day.