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Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for Presidential candidate DONALD TRUMP and Vice Presidential candidate MIKE PENCE. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

September 19, 2016 Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Prv 3:27-34 Refuse no one the good on which he has a claimwhen it is in your power to do it for him.Say not to your neighbor, “Go, and come again,tomorrow I will give,” when you can give at once. Plot no evil against your neighbor,against one who lives at peace with you.Quarrel not with a man without cause,with one who has done you no harm. Envy not the lawless manand choose none of his ways:To the LORD the perverse one is an abomination,but with the...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 12) 12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,     but whoever hates correction is stupid. 2 Good people obtain favor from the Lord,     but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes. 3 No one can be established through wickedness,     but the righteous cannot be uprooted. 4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown,     but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones. 5 The plans of the righteous are just,     but the advice of the wicked is deceitful. 6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,     but the speech of...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for Presidential candidate DONALD TRUMP and Vice Presidential candidate MIKE PENCE. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

September 18, 2016 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Am 8:4-7 Hear this, you who trample upon the needyand destroy the poor of the land!“When will the new moon be over,” you ask,“that we may sell our grain,and the sabbath, that we may display the wheat?We will diminish the ephah,add to the shekel,and fix our scales for cheating!We will buy the lowly for silver,and the poor for a pair of sandals;even the refuse of the wheat we will sell!”The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob:Never will I forget a thing they have done! Responsorial Psalm Ps...

Prayers Requested I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and am going in for surgery tomorrow morning, so I will be out of touch with FR for a few days anyhow. Prognosis is good as they caught it fairly early and it appears to be contained but I would appreciate any and all prayers folks might be moved to send up in my behalf. Any prayers will be welcome, in any venue of FR, but if folks PM me, I will personally thank them and let them know how it went once I am home and able to spend some...

September 17, 2016 Saturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 1 Cor 15:35-37, 42-49 Brothers and sisters:Someone may say, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come back?” You fool!What you sow is not brought to life unless it dies.And what you sow is not the body that is to bebut a bare kernel of wheat, perhaps, or of some other kind. So also is the resurrection of the dead.It is sown corruptible; it is raised incorruptible.It is sown dishonorable; it is raised glorious.It is sown weak; it is raised powerful.It...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for Presidential candidate DONALD TRUMP and Vice Presidential candidate MIKE PENCE. This is the confidence we have in approaching GOD: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Please pray for Bode, a 6 year old boy whom was just diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma. Doctor found it in his testicles and he has spots on his lungs. Please pray for he and his family. Its a bad one. Thanks.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 11) 11 The Lord detests dishonest scales,     but accurate weights find favor with him. 2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace,     but with humility comes wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright guides them,     but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. 4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,     but righteousness delivers from death. 5 The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,     but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them,     but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires. 7 Hopes placed...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for Presidential candidate DONALD TRUMP and Vice Presidential candidate MIKE PENCE. This is the confidence we have in approaching GOD: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

September 16, 2016 Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs Reading 1 1 Cor 15:12-20 Brothers and sisters:If Christ is preached as raised from the dead,how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead?If there is no resurrection of the dead,then neither has Christ been raised.And if Christ has not been raised, then empty too is our preaching;empty, too, your faith.Then we are also false witnesses to God,because we testified against God that he raised Christ,whom he did not raise if in fact the dead are not raised.For if the dead are not...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 10) Proverbs of Solomon 10 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father,     but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. 2 Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,     but righteousness delivers from death. 3 The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,     but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. 4 Lazy hands make for poverty,     but diligent hands bring wealth. 5 He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son,     but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son. 6 Blessings crown the head of...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for Presidential candidate DONALD TRUMP and Vice Presidential candidate MIKE PENCE. This is the confidence we have in approaching GOD: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 9) Invitations of Wisdom and Folly 9 Wisdom has built her house;
    she has set up[a] its seven pillars.
2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;
    she has also set her table.
3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls
    from the highest point of the city,
4     “Let all who are simple come to my house!”
To those who have no sense she says, 
5     “Come, eat my food
    and drink the wine I have mixed. 
6 Leave your simple ways and you will live;
    walk in the way of insight.” 7 Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
    whoever...

Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Stand Firm A Prayer for the Nation Psalm 85 For the director of music. A psalm of the sons of Korah. 85 Lord, you have been kind to your land;
    you brought back the people of Jacob.
2 You forgave the guilt of the people
    and covered all their sins. Selah
3 You stopped all your anger;
    you turned back from your strong 
anger. 4 God our Savior, bring us back again.
    Stop being angry with us.
5 Will you be angry with us forever?
    Will you stay angry from now on?
6 Won’t you give us life again?
    Your people would rejoice in you.
7 Lord, show us...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for Presidential candidate DONALD TRUMP and Vice Presidential candidate MIKE PENCE. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

September 14, 2016 Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Reading 1 Nm 21:4b-9 With their patience worn out by the journey,the people complained against God and Moses,“Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert,where there is no food or water?We are disgusted with this wretched food!” In punishment the LORD sent among the people saraph serpents,which bit the people so that many of them died.Then the people came to Moses and said,“We have sinned in complaining against the LORD and you.Pray the LORD to take the serpents from us.”So Moses prayed for...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 8) Wisdom’s Call 8 Does not wisdom call out?
    Does not understanding raise her voice?
2 At the highest point along the way,
    where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
3 beside the gate leading into the city,
    at the entrance, she cries aloud:
4 “To you, O people, I call out;
    I raise my voice to all mankind.
5 You who are simple, gain prudence;
    you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.[a]
6 Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say;
    I open my lips to speak what is right.
7 My mouth speaks what is true,
    for my lips detest wickedness.
8 All the words...