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When you pray for someone, do you tell them? I mean, if they haven’t asked you for prayers.

Would you be offended if someone of the same Faith told you that? What about if it was someone of different faith?

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I don’t tell anybody who I pray for. It’s a personal petition that I ask to god.
 
I don’t usually tell them because most the people I know aren’t Catholic. I don’t think they would understand.
 
I personally, pray for others, without telling them. If I am in a position to console someone that I know, and see them in our Church, I may tell them I will keep them in my prayers. I feel that this may give them comfort. Our own family members, let it be known to each other that we pray for them. I believe God hears our prayers and acknowledges our reaching out to help others. Peace and Prayers to you all…Jimperu
 
I would accept prayers for me from anyone who wants to do so. All of you can start right now and I would prefer if you had started yesterday. I will take them in any order, catholic, protestant, jew, muslum, aztec, egyptian, and anything between or outside, except the satanic or wiccan ones.

God hears everyone, and the church prays for everyone.​

“We are all hungry people, we need shelter and strength, we are one in our hurting.” (hymn)
 
ccmcmg said:
When you pray for someone, do you tell them? I mean, if they haven’t asked you for prayers.

Would you be offended if someone of the same Faith told you that? What about if it was someone of different faith?

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I tell somebody that I’m praying for them if they appreciate the support, as when they in fact ask you to pray for them. If someone appears to appreciate prayers and they are going through a hard time, then yes, I tell them.
If I know that someone would be offended to hear “I’m praying for you,” then I guess it makes sense not to say that.
I usually say a prayer, and it seems many do, “for all in need.”
But I think I do see the point where prayer can have that very specific meaning of praying to God, transcendent, trinitarian, God per Catholic theology.
Prayer can also have that very broad, perhaps even vague, sense of meaning well, of positive thoughts, wishing someone well – versus a deeper sense of solemn communication with God.
 
ccmcmg said:
When you pray for someone, do you tell them? I mean, if they haven’t asked you for prayers.

Would you be offended if someone of the same Faith told you that? What about if it was someone of different faith?

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sometimes , depending on who the person is, and on the relationship I have with the person, I enjoy when people let me know they pray for me but that is me

I have even had non-Catholics let me know they have prayed for me and it doesn’t bother me, I pray for them as well
 
ccmcmg said:
When you pray for someone, do you tell them? I mean, if they haven’t asked you for prayers.

Would you be offended if someone of the same Faith told you that? What about if it was someone of different faith?

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I don’t tell people that I pray for unless they ask me to pray for them, and I don’t mind people praying for me, the more prayers for me the better! :D:thumbsup:
 
If I am praying for someone on a prayer chain I usually don’t unless I personally see them. If I am praying “about” someone I usually keep that to myself. If I am praying for someone, I try to let them know, if only to show them a little charitable caring through the gift of prayer and in many cases allow for an increase in Hope. I must confess I have on occasion promised a rosary and failed to deliver …I didn’t tell that…I usually get more acknowledgement or thanks from non-Catholics, but I usually expect more from Catholics…I guess perhaps as Catholics, prayer is such an essential part of our daily lives hat we don’t often express gratitude for what is normal…I guess I’ll have to work on that too!..

Prayer is a powerful gift…don’t wrap it up and hide it!..unless it is gonna be a Surprise!
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ccmcmg said:
When you pray for someone, do you tell them? I mean, if they haven’t asked you for prayers.

Would you be offended if someone of the same Faith told you that? What about if it was someone of different faith?

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No, I don’t.
 
Not usually but it depends what I’m praying for.

I wouldn’t usually tell them unless I’m planning to come against a demonic spirit thats troubling them. In that case I do not have authority over that spirit unless they give me permission to pray for them. I wont mention demon spirits in their presence I might just say something like. Can I say a few prayers for you? and most people say yes. Mind you I pick my mark and don’t get all religeous at all I just talk about their problem and then drop that one as I’m leaving.

Them allowing me to pray for them gives me authority over the spirits affecting them and I can attack them from any distance away. As often as I like.
 
I let people that I close to know that I am praying for them. I would like it if someone went up to me to tell me that they are praying for me. Some people do that because I suffer from extreme, constant headaches. 🙂
 
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