When we tell another person, “I’ll pray for you,” we should really follow through on that promise. If we say those words, out of habit, or out of cultural pressure, or out of the anxiety of an intense emotional moment, but don’t really mean it, we should stop. To be spiritually facetious like that not only leaves the other person without the support they need, but it also jeopardizes our whole sense of prayer. Truly, if such prayer requests just end up in a vast psychological expanse where prayers swim in the same stream as our grocery list, how to long division, our Netflix password, and the date of the next leap year, we somehow have lost the “intention” part of “prayer intention” and have probably missed the point. Let’s instead carry a rosary, a cross, or a religious medal in our pocket, and quietly reach down and pray for the other person while in the act of accepting their prayer request. Let’s keep a literal list of names of people we have said we would pray for and review it periodically. Let’s learn to be conscious of the awesome spiritual responsibility we have for one another. Let’s pray this week and mean it!
Ave Crux, Spes Unica. 🙏🏼
Amen! I am PRAYING for you Ben!
Amen and thank you!