Prayers for faith and help?

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Could I ask a favor of some of you? Could you include me in your prayers?
I am struggling with everything, I have no money and a small child. I work hard but it comes to nothing. Bills come and I barely manage.
Everything is gray for me, I believe but I pray and pray for help but all I get is misery.

I live in Ireland and it seems people who don’t work are being rewarded while people who do are being punished in order to pay for these people.
I want to feel love in my heart but when you work a full week for nothing it becomes hard. I don’t hate anyone but I can feel myself resenting everyone!

I don’t want prayers for money or good fortune, I need prayers for faith because I am so close to having none. I have never asked for wealth,power or love from God,
I never believed in praying to gain anything, I only prayed in worship
but the day is fast approaching that I wont pray at all.

I am a decent man, I just want to look after my son and live life without the heaviness of knowing things will not get better.
I am sorry for rambling, I put on a brave face but I am so incredibly down.
I feel so bad when I think of all the people in the world who are stronger in the face of worse situations, I am not a strong person at all.
 
O Christ Jesus,
when all is darkness
and we feel our weakness and helplessness,
give us the sense of Your presence,
Your love, and Your strength.
Help us to have perfect trust
in Your protecting love
and strengthening power,
so that nothing may frighten or worry us,
for, living close to You,
we shall see Your hand,
Your purpose, Your will through all things.

As we live and breathe…
And another day passes by…
And Lord, you are silent, or in our despair appear that way,
Give us the strength for this period of darkness
Give us a glimmer of light so that we still have hope.
Remind us that sometimes we share in your garden of Gethsemane
in your own prayer to the Father,
we unite ourselves.

Amen
 
will put you and your child on my prayer list! I Pray that the economy gets better for us.

O mercirful Lord please hear our prayers
 
Aintnobody said:
Could I ask a favor of some of you? Could you include me in your prayers?
I am struggling with everything, I have no money and a small child. I work hard but it comes to nothing. Bills come and I barely manage.
Everything is gray for me, I believe but I pray and pray for help but all I get is misery.

I live in Ireland and it seems people who don’t work are being rewarded while people who do are being punished in order to pay for these people.
I want to feel love in my heart but when you work a full week for nothing it becomes hard. I don’t hate anyone but I can feel myself resenting everyone!

I don’t want prayers for money or good fortune, I need prayers for faith because I am so close to having none. I have never asked for wealth,power or love from God,
I never believed in praying to gain anything, I only prayed in worship
but the day is fast approaching that I wont pray at all.

I am a decent man, I just want to look after my son and live life without the heaviness of knowing things will not get better.
I am sorry for rambling, I put on a brave face but I am so incredibly down.
I feel so bad when I think of all the people in the world who are stronger in the face of worse situations, I am not a strong person at all.
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Dear friend I am so sorry life is so very tough for you right now.It is no wonder you are feeling so down and your faith is being tested! God understands your pain and he knows your heart.
I will indeed pray for you and your son that your life will become more positive and the brden not so heavy.I also will pray for your faith to be strengthened.A big (((hug))) for you,you are not alone you have friends here and God is with you always…He loves you,speak to Him!
God bless you

Lord please bless this man and his son.He is carrying a heavy burden of worry and life is very tough right now.Lord I ask You would guide him that his life will improve and become more positive.Please grant him strength and comfort him that his faith will be renewed and he may feel Your love for him.Lord please heal his troubled heart and guide him to a positive future.Thankyou Lord for Your many blessings Amen

Our Blessed Lady please intercede for our friend
Memorare (Prayer to Our Lady)
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen
 
My dear friend do not give up.God is still saying something.He cannot give us any cross we can’t carry.Call on Him and He will answer you.He is a faithful and loving God.You are in my prayers daily.
 
How many are the people of Erin who are following Christ’s footsteps on the path of the Via Dolorosa, today, and you, my friend, whether you recognize it or no, are within the rank-&-file of that great and noble army of “anonymous” soldiers for Christ Jesus and the Virgin.

Saint Pio of Pietrelcina once said that when one truly believed he could no longer carry the full burden of his cross, he should cry out to the Father Almighty that He lighten this burden, considerably, until such time that the God-Man, the Good Shepherd of Souls, in His incomparable wisdom, deign to renew your strength from on high.

Please do not feel as though you were alone in this battle, sir. Our blessed Savior is at your side this very moment, trust me, for I and countless others have been where you are now, spiritually speaking, when we were so weary and downtrodden, so bereft of spiritual and temporal resources that the only prayer which has come to mind is: “O God, I believe, help my unbelief!”

More to the point, sir, trust Him who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He will never abandon you, who are an adopted son of God Most High, as long as you do not let go of His shop-worn hands.

I shall not continue to speak for others, but I can say of myself that my soul might have fainted away over the span of five years, but for my recollection of certain images and passages from Holy Scripture—the Psalms and the New Testament, in particular. When your obligations permit, camp out in these books, as under a star-lit evening in spring, taking care to listen for the voice of the Holy Spirit, who is always a Gentleman in His dealings with men.

At all events, make of your readings a delightful Garden of the Soul, however brief they may prove to be, never failing to remember this passage from the eleventh chapter of Matthew: “Come to Me, all you that are weary and carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me. For I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls…” Then pray from the heart with all your might.

In the meantime, kind sir, know that you will be in my prayers for a happy resolution of all your difficulties, in time and in eternity. Our Lady of Holy Hope, intercede for us! Amen.
 
Praying for you from today’s Liturgy of the Hours:

Short Responsory
Guard us, Lord, as the apple of your eye.
– Guard us, Lord, as the apple of your eye.
Shelter us in the shadow of your wings.
– Guard us, Lord, as the apple of your eye.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
– Guard us, Lord, as the apple of your eye.
 
May our Lord grant you the strength and graces you need to persevere in faith. May our Lady help you to carry your cross courageously, patiently and lovingly. May our Lord meet all of your spiritual and temptoral needs and fill you with his healing love. Amen.
 
I am sorry that you are having such a hard time right now. I think a lot of us can relate. The economy isn’t exactly booming in most places in the world. But prayers are essential… because the devil is good about helping us to scapegoat and get angry and others. The people who may be receiving some kind of aid may not have the life you think they do. Their poverty may be more profound than you can imagine. I see many people who may seem advantageous in our city but they are not so happy. People who live in subsidized housing may be saving a lot of money on rent, but their lives are at risk every day because of community violence. Anyway, the point that I am making is that on the surface we may even come to envy other who don’t seem to work hard, or whom are better off… but your souls eternity is not worth this sin.

Your child is watching you work and sacrifice and in the poverty you experience will learn the value of everything they have because of you and especially because of God. Even if you do not have a lot of faith now… try praying together. My son is young too, so no child is ever really too young to learn to pray. Maybe an our father or a Hail Mary for now… and one day the daily Rosary as a Family.

Also, try to go to confession… God’s grace will give you much peace. We will pray for you tonight.

God bless you!
 
Lord please bless this man and his son.He is carrying a heavy burden of worry and life is very tough right now.Lord I ask You would guide him that his life will improve and become more positive.Please grant him strength and comfort him that his faith will be renewed and he may feel Your love for him.Lord please heal his troubled heart and guide him to a positive future.Thankyou Lord for Your many blessings Amen

Our Blessed Lady please intercede for our friend
Memorare (Prayer to Our Lady)
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen
 
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.
 
Lord please bless this man and his son.He is carrying a heavy burden of worry and life is very tough right now.Lord I ask You would guide him that his life will improve and become more positive.Please grant him strength and comfort him that his faith will be renewed and he may feel Your love for him.Lord please heal his troubled heart and guide him to a positive future.Thankyou Lord for Your many blessings Amen

Our Blessed Lady please intercede for our friend
Memorare (Prayer to Our Lady)
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen
 
***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. ***

***Memorare (Prayer to Our Lady)

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession, was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto you, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To you do I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen ***
 
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
 
marlap2 said:
O Christ Jesus,
when all is darkness
and we feel our weakness and helplessness,
give us the sense of Your presence,
Your love, and Your strength.
Help us to have perfect trust
in Your protecting love
and strengthening power,
so that nothing may frighten or worry us,
for, living close to You,
we shall see Your hand,
Your purpose, Your will through all things.

As we live and breathe…
And another day passes by…
And Lord, you are silent, or in our despair appear that way,
Give us the strength for this period of darkness
Give us a glimmer of light so that we still have hope.
Remind us that sometimes we share in your garden of Gethsemane
in your own prayer to the Father,
we unite ourselves.

Amen
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Amen
 
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be
Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy Will be done,
on earth, as it is in Heave. Give us this day our
daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

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.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
 
Lord Jesus, when the troubles of the world exceed our capacity to bare them, we come to you with full confidence and faith, knowing that you do not abandon those who put their trust in you. You know what is best for each person, yet you have invited us to seek of you what is beneficial and serving for our salvation. We offer you our prayers for this person and his son. Lighten his cross, open the door for various oppurtunities and help him to be the best person that he can and wants to be for his son. Amen.
 
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