Fasting and Prayers for our Military and the suffering People of Iraq

3-6-03 | patriciaruth

[Hamilton2]

Thank you - you have said it all.....

[fatima]

Amen,I prayed for all at Mass today.

[patriciaruth]

We ask our dear Heavenly Father for His blessing and protection for all our military and for all the suffering people of Iraq, and especially remember in our prayers the following souls:

OhioWfan's son Eric
mystery-ak's husband Mike and their son Jonathan
Gogrammy's grandson
Inspectorette's son Eric
LBGA's son
Slip18's nephew
anniegetyourgun's nephew Josh
Himyar's son Robert
homeschool mama's nephew Michael
CyberAnt's nephew Jody
milagro's son
BlessedAmerican's nephew David
Jewels1091's daughter's friends, Ross and Chris
Jewels1091's cousin Phil
Maigrey's cousin C. C.
Condi2008's friend J.D.
TruthNTegrity's brother John and his family
Hoosiermama's students: Brad and his brother Jeff, Bill and another Bill, and Shanty and Josh
notpoliticallycorewrecked's husband
notpoliticallycorewrecked's military email buddies
Wneighbor's son-in-law Thomas
zlala's brother
tamikamaria's cousin Annette
tamikamaria's best friend’s brother and sister
Radix's son
Pippin's niece and nephew
WomanofStandard's dear friend's three sons, Dustin, Troy, and Tyler
baseballmom's friend’s nephew, Thomas
a special Freeper's brother
hoosier_RW_conspirator's friend’s son Danny
ivoteright's husband, who is also I’m ALL Right's brother-in-law
kemathen7's boyfriend, John
GretchenEE's dear friend's son Silas
Warriormom's dear friend Greg
Per-Ling and his family
leenie312's son Nicholas
rintense's friend's brother Brian
JulieRNR21's friend's grandson Justin
Severa's husband
lizbet's cousin's son Marc
jtill's friend P.A. and his family
AF_Blue and his family
seamstome's adopted servicemen Trey, David, Cody, and Darby and their families
CENTVRIO EQVITVM and his loved ones
Reagan's Mom's brother-in-law Dave
Judith Anne's friend's son
AFPhys's friend C.M.
olliemb's two young patients now serving
Pastor Mike's brother Tom
Dale's son Dean
Cindy's stepson Adam
Jim and Terri's son Stephen
Joy's son Michael
patriciaruth's cousin Ed
Marvin and Carolyn's son, Alan
KitJ
AntiJen's friend Mark
fatima's friends in Baghdad -- Karen, Jim, Patty, and Adam.

[firewalk]

bttt

[patriciaruth]

Nightly prayer ping for our military and the suffering people of Iraq.

Please remember especially the following:

OhioWfan's son Eric
mystery-ak's husband Mike and their son Jonathan
Gogrammy's grandson
Inspectorette's son Eric
LBGA's son
Slip18's nephew
anniegetyourgun's nephew Josh
Himyar's son Robert
homeschool mama's nephew Michael
CyberAnt's nephew Jody
milagro's son
BlessedAmerican's nephew David
Jewels1091's daughter's friends, Ross and Chris
Jewels1091's cousin Phil
Maigrey's cousin C. C.
Condi2008's friend J.D.
TruthNTegrity's brother John and his family
Hoosiermama's students: Brad and his brother Jeff, Bill and another Bill, and Shanty and Josh
notpoliticallycorewrecked's husband
notpoliticallycorewrecked's military email buddies
Wneighbor's son-in-law Thomas
zlala's brother
tamikamaria's cousin Annette
tamikamaria's best friend’s brother and sister
Radix's son
Pippin's niece and nephew
WomanofStandard's dear friend's three sons, Dustin, Troy, and Tyler
baseballmom's friend’s nephew, Thomas
a special Freeper's brother
hoosier_RW_conspirator's friend’s son Danny
ivoteright's husband, who is also I’m ALL Right's brother-in-law
kemathen7's boyfriend, John
GretchenEE's dear friend's son Silas
Warriormom's dear friend Greg
Per-Ling and his family
leenie312's son Nicholas
rintense's friend's brother Brian
JulieRNR21's friend's grandson Justin
Severa's husband
lizbet's cousin's son Marc
jtill's friend P.A. and his family
AF_Blue and his family
seamstome's adopted servicemen Trey, David, Cody, and Darby and their families
CENTVRIO EQVITVM and his loved ones
Reagan's Mom's brother-in-law Dave
Judith Anne's friend's son
AFPhys's friend C.M.
olliemb's two young patients now serving
Pastor Mike's brother Tom
Dale's son Dean
Cindy's stepson Adam
Jim and Terri's son Stephen
Joy's son Michael
patriciaruth's cousin Ed
Marvin and Carolyn's son, Alan
KitJ
AntiJen's friend Mark
fatima's friends in Baghdad -- Karen, Jim, Patty, and Adam.

God bless and have mercy on the suffering people of Iraq

[patriciaruth]

PSALM 43

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacle.
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

[patriciaruth]

"Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be particularly improper to omit, in his first official act, my fervent supplications to the Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and who's providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benedictation may consecrate to the liberties and happiness to the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes; and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success, in the function allotted to his charge.
In tendering this homage to the Great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own; nor of my fellow-citizens at large, less than either. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts affairs of men more than the people of the United States."

from President George Washington's First Inaugural, April 30, 1779

[EternalVigilance]

A Simple Prayer

Move among us, Lord
Have Thine own way
Thy will be done
Come what may

Your Will is good
A loving plan
To sanctify
This broken man

All You require
For me to do
Is simply put
My trust in You

So thank you, God
For this day
And come tomorrow
My part I'll play

EV

[MJY1288]

Thanks for the Ping Patti,

Lord, we come to You on bended knee,
heads bowed and our hearts filled to overflowing
with so much grief for the many people who have
been injured and killed in our National crisis.

We ask you Lord, to give courage
and strength to those who so bravely
go to their aid. And though their hearts will
be heavy and filled with sorrow we ask Lord
 that You give them the endurance needed
to help them through this difficult task.

Please give us the strength Lord,
to get through each difficult and devastating
day that faces each of us and our country.
Protect and guide our Military that
are now being called to duty.

We ask Lord, that You guide the leaders
of our great country in their hour of decision.
The burden that has been placed on their
shoulders during this crisis is overwhelming.
We ask that with Your infinite wisdom you
guide them gently to the right decisions.

And lastly Lord, we ask that you
allow us all to come together as a Nation,
to stand tall and united, so that we might
help each other in our hour of need.

Amen

[Jen]

Prayer for our troops bump.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Prayers for President Bush, our nation, our families, the troops, the people in government making the decisions, the suffering people ALL OVER the world.

Thank you patriciaruth for starting this thread.

[firewalk]

bttt

[patriciaruth]

Daily prayer and fasting thread for the safety of our military and the suffering people of Iraq. We especially remember the following in our prayers:

OhioWfan's son Eric
mystery-ak's husband Mike and their son Jonathan
Gogrammy's grandson
Inspectorette's son Eric
LBGA's son
Slip18's nephew
anniegetyourgun's nephew Josh
Himyar's son Robert
homeschool mama's nephew Michael
CyberAnt's nephew Jody
milagro's son
BlessedAmerican's nephew David
Jewels1091's daughter's friends, Ross and Chris
Jewels1091's cousin Phil
Maigrey's cousin C. C.
Condi2008's friend J.D.
TruthNTegrity's brother John and his family
Hoosiermama's students: Brad and his brother Jeff, Bill and another Bill, and Shanty and Josh
notpoliticallycorewrecked's husband
notpoliticallycorewrecked's military email buddies
Wneighbor's son-in-law Thomas
zlala's brother
tamikamaria's cousin Annette
tamikamaria's best friend’s brother and sister
Radix's son
Pippin's niece and nephew
WomanofStandard's dear friend's three sons, Dustin, Troy, and Tyler
baseballmom's friend’s nephew, Thomas
a special Freeper's brother
hoosier_RW_conspirator's friend’s son Danny
ivoteright's husband, who is also I’m ALL Right's brother-in-law
kemathen7's boyfriend, John
GretchenEE's dear friend's son Silas
Warriormom's dear friend Greg
Per-Ling and his family
leenie312's son Nicholas
rintense's friend's brother Brian
JulieRNR21's friend's grandson Wesley
Severa's husband
lizbet's cousin's son Marc
jtill's friend P.A. and his family
AF_Blue and his family
seamstome's adopted servicemen Trey, David, Cody, and Darby and their families
CENTVRIO EQVITVM and his loved ones
Reagan's Mom's brother-in-law Dave
Judith Anne's friend's son
AFPhys's friend C.M.
olliemb's two young patients now serving
Pastor Mike's brother Tom
Dale's son Dean
Cindy's stepson Adam
Jim and Terri's son Stephen
Joy's son Michael
patriciaruth's cousin Ed
Marvin and Carolyn's son, Alan
KitJ
AntiJen's friend Mark
fatima's friends in Baghdad -- Karen, Jim, Patty, and Adam.

God bless and have mercy on the suffering people of Iraq

[patriciaruth]

Ping.

[patriciaruth]

A Mighty Fortress is Our God

A mighty fortress is our God,
A sword and shield victorious;
He breaks the cruel oppressor's rod
And wins salvation glorious.
The old satanic foe
Has sworn to work us woe!
With craft and dreadful might
He arms himself to fight.
On earth he has no equal.

No strength of ours can match his might!
We would be lost, rejected.
But now a champion comes to fight,
Whom God Himself elected.
You ask who this may be?
The Lord of hosts is He!
Christ Jesus, mighty Lord,
God's only Son, adored.
He holds the field victorious.

Though hordes of devils fill the land
All threat'ning to devour us,
We tremble not, unmoved we stand;
They cannot overpow'r us,
Let this world's tyrant rage;
In battle we'll engage!
His might is doomed to fail;
God's judgment must prevail!
One little word subdues him.

God's Word forever shall abide,
No thanks to foes, who fear it;
For God himself fights by our side
With weapons of the Spirit.
Were they to take our house,
Goods, honor, child or spouse,
Though life be wrenched away,
They cannot win the day.
The Kingdom's ours forever!

(hymn by Martin Luther (1483-1546), loosely translated from German, in The Lutheran Book of Worship)

[patriciaruth]

Ping.

[patriciaruth]

Ping.

[Vigilantcitizen]

Prayers sent for all those in your post, including innoccent Iraqi citizens that have nothing to do with Saddam and his minions.

May the Lord grant those going to battle with the courage and wisdom needed to fight a righteous war for a righteous cause.

May the Lord help us to guide our firepower so that it takes out the intended target and not the innocent that have been placed in harms way by a ruthless, cowardly dictator.

May the Lord grant strength to the Fathers, Mothers, and family of those servicemen who are about to place themselves in harms way so that our nation can be one step closer to living without fear of terrorists.

[patriciaruth]

Ping.

[patriciaruth]

Thank you.