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Send Deacon Keith Your Prayer Requests

Praying Hands The Lord be with you! This is Deacon Keith, and I am asking for your prayer requests - especially during the difficult times each of us is facing.

Please click the link below to submit your prayer requests.

Why am I asking you?

Because we must unleash the most powerful force in the world - PRAYER. Let me explain in more detail.

Before calling the Apostles, Jesus spent the entire night in prayer. (Luke 6:12) In His Sacred humanity, Jesus shows us the pattern for our life.

Because you - like me - see the importance of our Catholic faith, YOU can participate in our mission to spread the Gospel to all nations.

Here is how you can: I am inviting you to be a "first responder" by sending your prayer request to me, thereby joining our worldwide movement of praying for one another.

Here is all you need to do: Click the link below and tell me what you'd like me to pray for you.

May God bless you,

Deacon Keith Fournier
Chaplain of YCVF and Dean of Catholic Online School
Deacon Keith Fournier

Let Us Pray

Together, let us pray for the needs of our brothers and sisters.
Please remember these intentions in your daily prayers.

  1. Vignesh's is a special kid (down syndrome + autism) who is on tracheostomy for the last eight years from birth. He is undergoing a major surgery on Monday at 9:30 am IST. Pray that he should be decannulated and able to make his first sounds since birth. As parents, we are eager to hear his voice.

    Vignesh, 5/8/2016
  2. Please let him get all my butes in then ill chill

    ERIN, 5/8/2016
  3. Please offer up your prayers to your God for John McTaggart in Derry City, Londonderry in the United Kingdom. That God his loving, caring creator, will bring him perfect health, abundant financial wealth and pure happiness, starting this day forth. Amen. Thank You.

    John, 5/8/2016
  4. Please pray for direction in life and the humbleness to love all people.

    Nick, 5/8/2016
  1. Please rid me of this disease, Lord, Please, please heal me and allow me to finally live without this disease. I have only you to turn to now. Nothing works, no medicine, no lifestyle changes. I hope only in a miracle from you, although I am unworthy... please take pity on me anyway. Thank you. I love you, Lord..

    Anna, 5/8/2016
  2. Dear God, Heavenly Father, Sweet Jesus, Loving Lord, be with us I pray. Thank you for all our blessings and for blessings to come. Please take care of all our needs and concerns and safely guide us to our destination/s, today, tonight and tomorrow. Please always protect, love, guide, lead, and take care of us. Please also be with PC
    Lorna, 5/8/2016
  3. I pray for my wife that she opens her heart to love and accept our lord Jesus Christ as our savior and redeemer. I pray that she stops her affair with another lady and that she understands that what she's doing is affecting our kids. I pray that she finds peace and love in her heart to forgive herself and me for our shortcomings as our lord Jesus Christ has done. I pray for my kids that they find strength and love in our lord Jesus Christ. I pray for the other lady that she may find peace and love in our lord Jesus Christ and that our lord touches her heart and guides her into doing the right thing.

    John, 5/8/2016
  4. Holy trinity Pl protect me from atrocities of RD BJS SS and SR. They do not work and they stealthily squeeze others and pretend as if they are working. Holy Jesus pl expose their non performance. Almighty Lord Jesus Christ pl help me to work among fair persons. Jesus I am posted to a tough job whereas I am fit to be posted in a higher capacity job. The reason for this type of posting is favoritism. To favor one lady I am changed and tough posting is given Angels Pl help me to be posted in customer zone as Manager.Amen .

    Arul Sophia princess viviedha, 5/8/2016
  5. Dear HOLY Family, My Mother is suffering multiple Chronic illnesses & is continuously complaining of terrible pains all over her body. Her name is Sudha Pandey please keep her in your continuous prayers along with her name for longer time in your daily prayers & healings from CHRIST OUR LORD for longer time. You all can post for her with her name & healing request here on prayer pages, your healing circles as well as on the prayer groups, prayer chains of your HOLY CHURCH & give lots of people her name to send her strong positive & good vibes, prayers to her continuously for longer time. Please do this. We need it a lot. Thankyou. May God bless you all a lot. I believe she is completely healed & blessed with a long life, enjoying her life with full happiness & protection. Amen, Thanks so much LORD.

    Jyoti Pandey, 5/8/2016
  6. Each and every single day of every year for always and forever I am Kelly Patrice Labbe the coronationed crowned throned sovereigned is forever always one million and more types am the Royal Highness Queen and Princess and Empress and Duchess and Countess and Majesty and Shahess Princess and Lady and Queen Princess and Goddess of my Life and of my Lifestyle and of only my Queendom of Heaven and Earth Queen and Princess Homeland is only for me is of my nation country city town village of one thousand and more new built palace homes and castle homes and other types. God in my future have me with more money work career wealth richness income savings jobs employment blessings healings miracles cures and healthiness in my body and ageing and growing older for more years and protection safeness and holy happy meetings and products new free gifts best perfect vitamins medicines healthcare dentalcare walking exercise and loss of wieght and transportation auto homes castle cleanliness furniture clothes food dresses coronations balls partys fun shoes purses crowns scepters wands flowers music dance dentures playing games entertainment sports beauty prettiness freedom freeliness and Holiday partys and parades enjoyable delightful peaceful holy quiet happiness and Queen Princess types Royal Highness ballroom balls celebrations and cotillions and music dance and upmost highest richest Lifestyle and Queen Princess Lifestyle and jewelry gems birthstone gold tiaras religious praying land employee business water drinks candy romance success education and safe travels and love trust singing books movies pets animals vacations pilgrimage and throne chairs and vision and oldester ageing and never pain. God helps me and I thanks God for helping me.

    kelly, 5/8/2016
  7. Calvary greetings.
    Please join us in prayer as we seek God's face
    for our ministry.
    1. Pray that the Lord Almighty will greatly shed
    His grace and mercy on
    Throne Of Grace Army Ministry Int'l.
    2. Pray for great outpouring of revival and many
    planters, wateres and
    harvesters that have a true heart to help Throne
    Of Grace Army Ministry
    Int'l, grow through the power of sacrifice.
    3. Ask God to release the spirit of oneness, love,
    orderliness and true
    fear of God in our ministry.
    Thanks.

    Kingsley, 5/8/2016
  8. Kindly pray for me and all in the family.

    Anton, 5/8/2016
  9. My heavenly father,

    Thank you for granting me my prayer come true in the past. Thank you for getting my beloved Karen get baptism in your church. Thank you for getting Karen back to me twice before.

    My beloved Karen broke up with me again 7 months ago.

    We was planning to get married but we didn't get through the process, she broke up with me and ran into another guy.

    I still miss Karen very much, I still love her.

    I have been praying for your help to heal my broken heart, and please open the eyes of Karen's heart so she could follow your holy spirit guidance and come back to you and living a christian life.
    Please grant her wisdom to know what are the attributes of a person that she should value for her life.
    Please grant me wisdom to know your plan for me. if it is your will to let us stay together again, please help us rebuild our loving relationship and I will treasure her, love her and take good care of her in the rest of my life.
    If it is your will and let us apart forever, please grant me strength and courage to accept this.
    My father, I have been looking for marriage life, please grant me to meet my true love. My will is to rebuild my loving relationship with Karen.
    Please grant me everything I need for my marriage.

    May I glorify you.
    My prayer is in the name of Jesus.

    Amen

    Thomas, 5/8/2016
  10. Holy Jesus I pray for reconsideration of my change in posting, Pl I pray for my posting at DO ZO in South Chennai. Amen

    Arul Sophia princess viviedha, 5/8/2016
  11. Holy trinity I humbly approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. I pray for my posting as divisional HOD or zo Posting. I pray for harmonious relationship with each and every person , my peers and superiors at office. I pray for posting in COSP chennai. I pray for protection from envious persons. Angels clear negativity around me, heal me, bring new messages, peace, harmonious relationships,joy,laughter and abundance. Mother mary and St Jude Pl intercede my prayer. Amen Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need Holy trinity I humbly approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. I pray for my posting as divisional HOD or zo Posting. I pray for harmonious relationship with each and every person , my peers and superiors at office. I pray for posting in COSP chennai. I pray for protection from envious persons. Angels clear negativity around me, heal me, bring new messages, peace, harmonious relationships,joy,laughter and abundance. Mother mary and St Jude Pl intercede my prayer. Amen

    Arul Sophia princess viviedha, 5/8/2016
  1. Please heal my throat.

    Steve, 5/8/2016
  2. Lord please forgive me for all my sins and bless me and my relatives , pet , friends , workplace with peace , safety , grace , happiness and good health , protect us from any danger and trouble , give me strength to face all my challenges and thanks you for all he blessing and grace I only pray for little more , cleanse me and my dog from any sickness , lord please help that I find my new love and a new home , please continue to bless my finances to start a new life amen.

    Rodger, 5/8/2016
  3. I post on here daily and I pray for all daily. Thank you for continuing to pray for me! Many of my prayers have been answered--however, I still need more prayers.

    Please pray for the health and safety of all of my family members and friends, especially those who are currently experiencing medical issues.

    Please pray for all those, including in my family and friends, who are experiencing employment/financial difficulties.

    Lastly, please pray for several very special intentions of mine. I am in dire need of prayers and humbly implore all of you. Thank you and God bless.

    Jack, 5/8/2016
  4. Together, i ask that you humbly accept my prayer for a retentive memory and a focused approach so that i can complete my final year project that has been 2 years in the making.

    Nonso, 5/8/2016
  5. oh lord pzl forgive my ssn plz help us n guid eus plz tc cre of eveyrythng plz make me to ssetlte down plz tc of her n baby n all

    arn, 5/8/2016
  6. dear God, please heal my mind and my body . i want so much to do good works but cannot as i have too many health obstacles. the anxieties of my mind and the fact that i have limited mobility due to my damaged leg - i dont want them to be in my way to achieving things that need doing . i love you jesus.
    giovanna

    giovanna , 5/8/2016
  7. Good morning Sir. Praise the Lord. I'm Shalini from Secunderabad. It's been 3yrs we accepted Christ as our personal saviour. Me and Mummy(M Vyjayanthi Mala ) took baptism. Sir 3yrs back mummy suffered from paralytic stroke but recovered by Jesus Christ blessings. After that we both took baptism. She was improving her health and started getting strength. However last week she had pain in her Right hand all of the sudden she felt weakness in that Right hand no grip and tingling sensation in fingers. I took her to Apollo hospital and got her tests done. Doctor said reports were normal but still that stroke affect had again come and affected her. We are worried about her health sir. She was just recovering we were happy but suddenly again that stroke affect made her very weak. My mother got scared and is worried a lot. On internet I saw you and wanted your help. Sir please I request you to please pray for my mother's(M Vyjayanthi Mala ) speedy recovery of good health and ask Jesus Christ to heal her completely with his precious blood. I request you to please pray for my mummy sir . Every day wit out fail she watches your prayers at 12 in TV and is believing she is cured but suddendly again she felt the paralytic stroke effect and is very worried. Sir Jesus will listen to your prayers more powerful than mine because you are powerful pastor very anointed and close to Jesus. Please pray for my mummy speedy recovery and good mental and physical health. I thank you in advance. In Jesus mighty name I pray Amen.

    Vyjayanthi , 5/8/2016
  8. Dear God.. MAKE all his relationships stop. Please change him to tell me the truth and stop hiding the facts. To always not hide from me. It hurts Mother.. It hurts Father.. Especially when he doesnt want me but always choses to message from early morning to late nights.. Please let this stop. Jesus.. I beg of u. Please break all the relationships he has with all these girls.. Y is he lying and hiding soo much. GOD it hurts alot.


    S, 5/8/2016
  9. Oh lord plz Tc of everything plz help us plz Tc of them plz make me to get settled plz make me to b cool n control my agression plz make me to b good oh

    Arn, 5/8/2016
  10. Dear God. Please make him stop all his messaging and calls to the various girls. Please stop his filrting on the phone with the girls. Please stop him from meeting and thinking of these girls.. I beg of you Jesus.. God.. Please let him tell. Me the truth alaways.. He hid the truth he was meeting a girl before going to meet the boys. I still dont kw if he was telling the truth anymore.. Please help me Jesus.. Mother Mary. Please hear my pleas.. N heart ache. I beg of u Jesus.. He has no intermacy towards me n choses to think and message other people n girls and even hide the phone from me.

    S, 5/8/2016
  11. Jeasus papa please save my brother Ravish Yadav's life he is suffering in very critical condition because of a major accident which is done at 26 April 2016. He is standing on the door of death. God ji please take my brother's hand in ur hand and bless him with your blessing and your mercy. Please God ji save my brother's life you know everything God ji he is very young and before 2 month he is start his married life please my Lord bless my brother and give him a healthy long life we need your held my brother need your blessing God ji please do any miracle and save my brother's life .

    Ravish, 5/8/2016
  12. O Holy St. Jude, help me when I feel hopeless and alone. Come to my aid in this great need, and ask God to assist me troubles and suffering, particularly for Fernando Rodriguez who had surgery on his head. The doctors and people say that there is no hope to save him but I believe there is. St. Jude please pray for Fernando Rodriguez, his family and friends. Amen

    Carlos, 5/8/2016
  13. God,please bless me and my loved ones,my home,car and health.bless me at my job so I can pay my debts,get a new truck and move onto a much better life that I need and deserve.amen

    Greg, 5/8/2016
  14. Dear All,
    Please pray for my son Darryl whos marriage is fixed but I came to understand he is using alcohol, please pray that God gives him the courage to stop using alcohol. A complete immediate deliverance from alchol, or else he will spoil the proposal and the marriage which is arranged.
    I am his mother we are going through a lot of financial problems as well.
    Thanks
    Sheeal

    Thomas, 5/8/2016
  15. For Shirley, for her eternal salvation, sanctification and well-being.

    Allen, 5/8/2016
  1. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle against the wickedness and snares of the devil May God rebuke The evil one we humbly pray and may you O Prince of heavenly hosts by the power of God thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits Who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. AMEN!!!

    LIVING IN GODS SIGHT FOR THE GREATER GLORY THROUGH THE POWER OF PRAISE! BLESS & BE BLESSED, GOD IS LIFE LIFE IS GOD



    HELPING HANDS❤️🙏.
    GUARDING ANGELS 😇.
    🇺🇸 MAY GOD BLESS THE USA, BLESSED BE THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY. 🙏


    JFK, 5/8/2016
  2. My heavenly father,

    Thank you for granting me my prayer come true in the past. Thank you for getting my beloved Karen get baptism in your church. Thank you for getting Karen back to me twice before.

    My beloved Karen broke up with me again 7 months ago.

    We was planning to get married but we didn't get through the process, she broke up with me and ran into another guy.

    I still miss Karen very much, I still love her.

    I have been praying for your help to heal my broken heart, and please open the eyes of Karen's heart so she could follow your holy spirit guidance and come back to you and living a christian life.
    Please grant her wisdom to know what are the attributes of a person that she should value for her life.
    Please grant me wisdom to know your plan for me. if it is your will to let us stay together again, please help us rebuild our loving relationship and I will treasure her, love her and take good care of her in the rest of my life.
    If it is your will and let us apart forever, please grant me strength and courage to accept this.
    My father, I have been looking for marriage life, please grant me to meet my true love. My will is to rebuild my loving relationship with Karen.
    Please grant me everything I need for my marriage.

    May I glorify you.
    My prayer is in the name of Jesus.

    Amen

    Thomas, 5/8/2016
  3. Holy trinity, praise the lord, in the name of your beloved son Jesus Christ, I pray for protection from evil persons at my workplace. Merciful Jesus Christ, I pray for protection from envious persons at workplace. Saviour Jesus I was overburdened for non performance of ARSR SR BJS. God allocate them with additional work and make them work. Make them contribute. God protect your people. Pl help me come out of problems of frequent transfers. God l do not allow evil persons to attack me. God Pl intervene and protect me and RP from wrongdoers.God make Shyam work. Pl shield and protect me from atrocities of RD Ambujam, Malathy and Abharna.Amen

    Arul Sophia princess viviedha, 5/7/2016
  4. Please pray for us...husband is involved in immoral activities with various women physically and over internet.

    We have a 2 year old daughter and we both need to be able to show her love and nurture her. But my husband is always on his laptop or his cell with immoral women. And when I know what's going on, I'm filled with hatred.

    Pray for him to give up his immoral ways and to convict him of his adultery and fornication. Please pray for these evil spirits to be cast down as foot stools. Pray for me to have strength during this time to come closer to God. Pray for baby to be safe physically, mentally and emotionally and not carry any scars. Please pray that my husband will confess what he's been up to for these past few years and help to reunite us.
    It seems he doesn't even know whether what he is doing is right or wrong so pray for him to regain his moral sense and to understand that he is hurting his wife and daughter very much.
    Over the years I have invested financially heavily into him to start 3 businesses. I never thought we would reach to this. I now claim my financial investments. Pray that he will return back to me this what I have given freely as it was for the growth of our family, without any strings being attached to it.
    Pray for me I'm so broken 'coz I never ever expected this.
    Thanks

    Z, 5/7/2016
  5. Prayers for a special young man in our lives. He needs to accept how much he is loved. Also my daughter could use prayers - she is making some major life changes.

    Paula, 5/7/2016
  6. Will you all please pray in agreement for reconciliation between Sean and I. Please pray in God's infinite mercy he sees fit to let Sean and I be each others true love and mate, that the love Sean said he had for me is true and kept alive in him, that we are brought back together and are blessed to spend our lifetimes with each other to grow old together truly loving each other and being happy. Please, thank you.

    Dearest God, our Heavenly Father, I love You, You are the greatest. Please forgive Sean and I for any sins we may have ever committed in our lives. Please Lord, may You bless my relationship with Sean and mend it, allow us to be each others true love and facilitate our reconciliation. Please God, I know you blessed us with each other once, let us forgive each other of anything and in your wondrous mercy bless us with having a life together filled with love for each other and happiness. Thank You God, I trust You God. Amen

    Holy Mary Undoer of knots please intercede in our situation, please undo any knots keeping Sean and I apart, any knots in his heart keeping him from me. Please may you help in letting Sean love me as he said he did, keep that love for me alive in his heart, Guide us to reconcile with each other and let us be blessed to spend our lives together, the remainder of our lives truly loving each other, Please pray for us Mary and let these prayers be answered. Thank You Mary, I love You. Amen


    Dearest Saints Gregory, Jude, Raphael, and Rita, I come to you all for different reasons but the same cause,may you all please help in letting my prayers be answered. Let Sean love me as deeply as he said, let that love stay alive in him and be kept safe, let it be irreplaceable, let he and I be the right people for each other, let that love be strong enough to guide us back to each other and let us be blessed to spend the rest of our lives together as we once planned. Please help, I love you all and trust you all to help in answering in the way I seek, I will remember these great favours and will tell others of you, Thank you. Amen

    Kimberly J , 5/7/2016
  7. Please pray for Deanna .....
    "The Word of the Father, who made man, cares for the entire being of His Creature; the all-sufficient Physician of Humanity, the Savior, heals both Body and Soul" ...
    Clement of Alexandria
    "Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the Righteous is powerful and effective"... James 5:16
    "Blessed be .... the Father of Mercies and the God of all Consolation .... who Consoles in our affliction, so that we may be able to Console those who are in any affliction" ... 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

    Please pray for M .....
    "Faith flows when I stop depending on what I think, on what I feel, and on what I see ...... Instead, I embrace these facts: God Loves me ... He will never leave me ..... He wants only the Best for me" .... "The Lord gives me the Faith to take the next Step, even when I don't know what lies ahead ... He gives me the Assurance that even if my Faith falters, He will never abandon me"
    Walking with the Lord



    Emily, 5/7/2016
  8. Our marriage is in trouble and I ask for your prayers that my wife excepts the soonest available date in our area and attend " Retrouvaille " with me. May our Lord Bless us with immediate resolve and remove all the impediments towards this endeavor. I ask for your prayers and support thru Christ our Lord Amen. God Bless you all !

    Greg, 5/7/2016
  9. Dear Lord, thank you for all your blessings. Dear Lord, I thank you for continuing to bless and heal me, my family and friends. Dear Lord, I pray for continued good health, peace and prosperity for me, my family and friends. Lord, I pray for peace and civility in the USA. In Jesus' name, Amen


    Denise, 5/7/2016
  10. Please pray for the safe recovery of my grandad Dennis who will undergo a heart bypass Sunday morning.

    Samantha, 5/7/2016
  11. Thank you for praying for me as some things are a bit better and this has revealed to me that God is working in my life. Please pray that the doctor gets honest and reveals the true findings on the tests without further action so that the powers that be see the truth & I don't get injured further. Please pray that this comes to closure so that I may move forward in life & anxiety & fears turns to faith & trust. Thank you

    M, 5/7/2016
  12. Please pray for my son to find God's love and mercy. He is having serious health issues.

    Terri, 5/7/2016
  13. Please pray for JohnLord to wipe away his tears, to get filled with Holy spirit,to get healing from every inner wounds, fear, anxiety, hurt, revenge, lust and from every evil bindings, heal him physically, mentally and spiritually and fill him with GOD'S LOVE ,HAPPINESS AND PEACE.Please pray for him to get wisdom ,openness,and to pass his course with HD, to get a suitable job and God fearing freinds and a suitable wife in time.Thanks

    Mary, 5/7/2016
  14. Pray that Jennifer choose to have a deeper committed relationship with John. that she has a desire in her heart to be close to him because she loves who he is. a loving caring person who loves her for being her. That she loves all the time they spend together paddling, doing stuff around her house, shopping, just laying around on the couch doing nothing is fun together. That she knows she will really miss him if he wasn't around any more. God please pour favor on our relationship for us to stay together. for Jennifer to see how much she really loves John and no one else could compare.

    John, 5/7/2016
  15. Dear Lord, grant Thy blessing on my Morning Star Hexagram pendant, with tiny stones around one larger one, grant that it be empowered to serve these Purposes:

    Shine upon the path leading to ultimate happiness.
    Bring lovers together.
    Accentuate friendship and comradeship.
    Brighten your future.

    It is believed that the person who wears the Star could forevermore be in its stewardship. That once you possess this powerful amulet, hidden forces may be at your side — helping you, guiding you, working in your behalf.
    Grant Thy blessing one my brooch, that it be empowered top serve as The Chaos Star, and on my ring that it be empowered to serve as a Political wisdom and knowledge ring, grant that they be activated, with incantation and touch, grant that they may be and remain Fully operational, and linked to my 3rd-eye, my Heart, my Life, my spirit, and my DNA. Grant also that they may be devoted to me, and effective, and turn Them on, and remain on forever. grant also that they may be alwaysd exorcised for Thine honor, and Glory, and grant that it may be fully operational forever, and may the blessings on them may remain forever. Thank You I love you, amen

    Sean, 5/7/2016
  1. Matthew 7:7 is a lie. I ask & I never receive. I seek & never find. I knock, but the door remains firmly slammed in my face & locked. I have prayed for financial prosperity using this promise for years & I have received nothing! Why? From John King in the UK, whose patience with God has run out.

    John, 5/7/2016
  2. Please pray for my co worker who is going through a rough time from a previous relationship, I ask that she be healed physically and spiritually.

    Bridget, 5/7/2016
  3. please pray for the happiness and well-being of polonia-we need another lepanto

    henry, 5/7/2016
  4. Jesus you said ask you will receive, I come before you begging for the healing of my daughter Stephanie's left foot and ankle, please make the swelling goes away completely and protect it that she will never get infection in it to avoid another operation. Jesus Stephanie is having tightness in her throat I beg you to touch her so that it stop completely. I trust in you.

    Andrine, 5/7/2016
  5. Please heal my throat.

    Steve, 5/7/2016

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