Please pray for a Priest in Turkey

[MSParrott]

I will offer my Rosary today for this priest.

ANKARA, Turkey — A Catholic priest was stabbed in the stomach and hospitalized Sunday in the latest in a series of attacks on Christians in Turkey, officials said.

The priest, Adriano Franchini, was in surgery, Italian embassy official Antonino Maggiore said. Maggiore had no immediate information on the motive of the attack or how it had happened.
The state-run Anatolia news agency said Franchini was stabbed in the stomach but was not in life-threatening condition.

Private news channel Haberturk said a man in his early 20s was detained after the attack.

The man approached the priest saying that he wanted information on Christianity, Haberturk said. An argument broke out between the two shortly afterward and the man stabbed the priest, the report said.

The priest heads the Church of St. Mary in Ephesus but was in the nearby port city of Izmir at the time of the attack, Maggiore said.

In February 2006, at a time of widespread anger in the Islamic world over the publication in European newspapers of caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, a 16-year-old boy shot a Catholic priest to death as he knelt in prayer inside his church in the Black Sea city of Trabzon.

Following that murder, a Catholic priest was attacked and threatened in the Aegean port city of Izmir, and another was stabbed in the Black Sea port of Samsun. In November this year, an Assyrian cleric was abducted in southeast Turkey and rescued by security forces.

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press.

 

[Mary_ann_R]

Praying for Mother Mary’s intercession.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

 

[244Rocket]

Praying!

 

[jnnywren]

Praying

 

[marymagdalene]

Lord Jesus, we pray for a quick recovery of this priest who was stabbed in the stomach in Turkey. We pray that this priest will have a forgiving heart to the person who stabbed him.

We pray also for protection of all your priests in the world who risked their lives to spread the gospel and reach out to your children you have not known you and your saving mercy.

All these we asked in Jesus’ name. Amen.

 

[rebusrms]

praying for recovery and continued strength and a special boldness for him to continue to share his faith.

Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou among women and blessed
is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary
mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the time of our death.

 

[stove]

J†M†J
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

God Bless
In Jesus through Mary
Steve

 

[Ancilla]

I am praying for this priest, and all the others. Dear Lord, please stay beside your priest Father Adriano Franchini and help him in his suffering. We ask that you heal him. Please help us bring conversion to the areas of the world that are most sorely in need.

 

[seekerz]

Lord hear our prayers for the healing of this priest. Even as we pray your blessings on him, we acknowledge that it is an honor to suffer for Your name’s sake. Grant all who suffer this way the grace to persevere. Grant all who inflict such suffering the grace of repentance and salvation. Amen.