Has anyone ever felt a persistent call to pray for a celebrity or known person?

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Yes, I have that on my wishlist from Amazon from a couple years back. I remember wishing when I started doing the indulgence practice about a year and a half ago that God would send souls to my living room because it can be a bit lonely here. I told him I wouldn’t mind if he did. But he seems to have the Internet and all sorts of other ways to make me aware of souls. Sometimes when I hear at church that somebody died it just stands out for some reason. Or I find mass cards, or find people randomly in an Internet search for something else.

The latest one last weekend was the priest who died (I started a prayer thread). He’s actually from a parish about 80 miles away in the next diocese that I’ve never been at. I went to the parish 15 miles from his for Mass on Saturday evening, because it has a historic church building that was open that day, and the pastor there who is his friend asked for prayers for Fr. Paul who was “in the hospital having some tests” so I prayed for Fr. Paul, drove the 80 miles home and forgot about it. Then Monday morning I went to a special Mass for the St. John Vianney relic tour that was being said by the Bishop of the diocese Fr. Paul was in, and the bishop said that Fr. Paul died in the hospital and for us all to pray. Now normally I would not be anywhere I’d be hearing about Fr. Paul from 2 states and 80 miles away, much less twice, and in two parishes that are not in my own diocese and are over an hour apart.
 
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I’ll be honest, there are a lot of spiritual theories on CAF that make me roll my eyes. This isn’t one of them. This strikes me as legit. Bear, I think you (as in, you particularly) have a genuine…something going on. Just a gut feeling. 🤷‍♂️
 
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I don’t think it’s that unusual. If you pray a lot, you’re more tuned in to God. But I don’t want to act proud about it or anything. I see it more as something likely to happen to anyone who prays diligently.
 
No, I didn’t think you were being proud over it. Just that I think you’re getting genuine signal, not static. Just my intuition after reading your post. And I’m usually kind of skeptical about these things.
 
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Well, if a person is lonely, which I’m familiar with, too, I like to spend at least one hour in Eucharistic adoration daily. If a person can volunteer at a Catholic Charities food kitchen, that’s pretty fun and a good way to be a bit more social. It’s not bad at all once a person tries it. I think many people are reluctant to even try it out.

There is a funny story Maria Simma tells about the first time a soul came to her…she was like 17 and in her bedroom sleeping when she woke up and saw someone standing at the end of her bed. She was like, “Who are you?? Get out of my room!” The person looked as real as any person on the street. I’m not sure if the person said anything the first time that he / she first appeared, There’s lots of good stories and spiritual lessons in the book. Generally though, the souls don’t hang around to chat, Bear. 😃 They are kind of like the angels, say what needs to be said and then shazam they take their leave.
 
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Gregorian Masses are a series of 30 consecutive Masses said for the same soul in purgatory. This dates back to St. Gregory, who tradition says, offered 30 Masses for the soul of a monk who did not keep his vow of poverty. After the 30th Mass, St Gregory received a sign that the monk had gone to heaven. Most parishes are unable to have offer that many Masses for the same intention, so they typically need to be requested from Shrines or religious orders. I usually request them from the Pious Union of St. Joseph Patron of the Suffering and Dying. The Catholic Near East Welfare Association (a papal charity) also offers Gregorian Masses.
 
With respect to requesting Gregorian Masses, CNEWA is a good place to request as Peonies said. Some other places that take requests for them online are the Missionaries of the Holy Family, the Seraphic Mass Association, the Our Lady of Angels Association (Vincentians), and the Salesians of Don Bosco. If you google “Gregorian Masses” you get a lot of options to choose from. There is a suggested minimum donation for them that varies depending on which group you contact to say them.
 
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Ozzy Osburne’s just been admitted to the hospital for flu complications. He’s 70, and those “complications” could be a lot harder to throw off. I pray it isn’t pneumonia. Please pray the Three Very Beautiful Prayers for him. Thanks.
 
I noticed that last night right after I posted in some metal thread on here about Ozzy being a Christian.
I’ll say today’s Divine Mercy for him.
 
Of all people in the world to pray for…Lil Wayne.

I was at home and I know nothing about him. Turns out there was a VH1 Behind the Music on. I find out he’s actually a Catholic 😮 and fairly devout. Also he has a very, very high IQ as well.

At the same time, in real time, on CNN they broadcast that he had just had a violent
series of seizures that morning and wasn’t expected to make it. Last Rites were being called in. I felt compelled to pray for him then. He did make a recovery almost a week later I think.
 
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Consider praying for famous internet people guys please. And also famous atheists/famous internet atheists.
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It was such odd timing. I just watched his documentary and was very impressed by his talent, smarts, and Catholic school upbringing.

Then I turn on to CNN, and at that precise moment they were holding almost a death watch and were calling for Last Rites. It was surreal.
 
How do you make a plenary indulgence? I mean I know there are many ways but what method would you choose?
 
Kristoff St John who played Neil Winters on the soap opera, The Young and the Restless. I’ve been a fan of his from the beginning of his career and was saddened to learn of his passing last Sunday.

The need to pray for him increased after his son’s death. Parents shouldn’t have to bury their children. It’s a pain you never completely recover from.
 
Bear,
I often feel called to pray for celebrities as well. Sometimes I think we forget that they are our brothers and sisters in Christ. I honestly feel that praying for them “humanizes” them, at least from my perspective. It reminds me that they aren’t just characters on a screen, but real live people who need Jesus Christ as much as I do.
 
Interesting thread. When Robin williams died, i remmeber reading an article of a young Catholic who had had a Mass intention offered for him at a parish, and how he felt kind of silly or embarassed doing so, esp when the staff asked him why he was doing it.

On Twitter, there is a Catholic who is regularly praying for the conversion into the faith of a certain media person who has good values, and whom many Catholics wish would become Catholic.
 
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