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To: Grateful2God
I know intercessory prayer is frowned upon and expiatory suffering regarded as untruth by some noon Catholics in these forums.

I don't know of ANY Christians who do not believe in intercessory prayer.

We are commanded to pray for one another and there's always the need to pray for souls to be reached for Christ.

The expiatory suffering is another matter. But Jesus promises that when we pray the Father hears and answers and that is enough for us to come boldly to the throne of grace. I don't see that anything is needed nor is there anything that we can do to move our Father's heart more than just asking.

We can maybe feel like suffering shows Him the sincerity of our desire for the request, but all He asks of us is to come to Him with our requests. That simple.

120 posted on 04/11/2015 1:03:17 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

Instead of attempting to refute me, why not visit the links with your ping list, and do as you do here, all together?


122 posted on 04/11/2015 2:01:44 PM PDT by Grateful2God (Because no word shall be impossible with God. And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord...)
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