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Let them know that you are there for them. Never let me forget your presence in my life and guide me safely through this life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lord, I humbly seek your favor. Please touch the hearts of the young, helping them appreciate the sacred gift of marriage and the delicate sounds of children. Enlighten their vision to see the profound beauty in sharing a life with someone they love deeply. May they be open to the joys and sorrows that come with the special bond of marriage, as well as the unique joys and challenges that children bring into their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Heavenly Father, I humbly ask that You guide me to be the light that others long for to find their way back to You, ensuring I never hide my light under a bushel basket. Please grant peace within to those who are yearning for it. I seek Your protection and guidance over our beloved country, our political officials, our clergy, and everyone around the globe. Inspire those who hold influence in their hands\u2014our leaders, entertainers, sports figures, and business leaders\u2014to embrace Your love and share it generously with others, fulfilling their vital roles as cherished members of Your family. Help them to hold on to Your Word and return to it often, keeping You at the center of their lives. May their light shine brightly, drawing others into Your comforting presence. Help us to see one another through Your eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I ask for the conversion and mercy on all sinners and have mercy for the souls in purgatory and all the faithfully departed. I pray that you heal the sick if it be your will. I pray that you help those who are having a hard time. Help them walk with you through those trials and tribulations in their life. Thank you, Lord, for the life you have given me. I ask that your angels fight fiercely against the powers of evil that beset our world, including the archangels of each country. Please bring your peace to every country and peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-543678f40f600e608bf158e1e9f29ec1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Heavenly Father, Blessed Trinity, we humbly come before You with hearts full of gratitude, lifting up Iraq and praising You for the abundant blessings You have bestowed upon it. We thank You for its cradle of civilization, where Sumer\u2019s cuneiform in Ur\u2019s ruins birthed writing under Your wisdom. We glorify You for Mar Mattai Monastery, its 4th-century walls near Mosul echoing Syriac prayers. We praise You for the Tigris and Euphrates, flowing through Baghdad\u2019s heart, nurturing Your creation, and for St. Addai\u2019s mission, preaching Your Gospel in 1st-century Edessa.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4945d279640d3a97655504451cdd5591 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lord, we are grateful for Nineveh\u2019s Assyrian heritage, where Jonah\u2019s tomb inspired faith, for Our Lady of the Flowers Church, where Baghdad\u2019s Chaldeans venerate Your Mother, and for Basra\u2019s date palms, yielding sweet fruit. We thank You for St. Mari\u2019s evangelization, spreading Your Word across Mesopotamia, for Ur\u2019s ancient ziggurat, standing tall in Dhi Qar, and for Erbil\u2019s Al-Askari Church, sheltering Your faithful. We glorify You for Kurdish dances in Erbil\u2019s citadel, for St. Behnam Monastery\u2019s martyr legacy in Bakhdida, and for Maysan\u2019s marshlands, shimmering with Ma\u2019dan life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-94a45bde265fb054d3606b23e8a036e4 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yet, Father, we intercede for Iraq\u2019s pressing needs. Rebuild Mosul\u2019s ruins, healing scars from ISIS\u2019s terror. Protect Nineveh\u2019s Christians from persecution, safeguarding their churches. Provide water for Basra\u2019s 7 million, ending Tigris droughts. Create jobs for Baghdad\u2019s 15% unemployed youth, kindling hope. Bring hospitals to rural Salahuddin, healing the sick. Uproot corruption, draining $4 billion in Erbil, restoring trust. Lift 40% in poverty, especially in Muthanna, with Your provision. Ensure schooling for 3.2 million children in Diyala, teaching them Your love. We trust in Your renewal, asking this in the holy name of Jesus Christ, our Savior.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-56bde7342580f623d139b42761be8bf4 wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Lord, we fervently ask You to grant peace to all those restless souls awake at this hour of night. We seek Your divine assistance for those on the prayer list, including every cherished individual mentioned earlier, as well as those listed on this website&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/my-all-about-you.com\/what-do-i-have-to-give\/prayer-requests\/\">prayer list<\/a>. Please include these individuals as well: Jessica, Selena, Jaxon, Gabby, Matt, Kennedy, Harrison, Sophia, Eugenie, Levi, Malachi, Janice &amp; family, the world, and those in hospitals and their families, and help teens grow closer to You, those with mental disabilities, those who are lost or confused about Your existence, and people with Alzheimer&#8217;s and terminal illnesses, and the number of men and women entering the religious life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We come before You with humble hearts, seeking Your divine guidance for Pope Leo XIV. We ask that You make him Your pure vessel, filled only with Your Holy Spirit. Let no worldly influence, no force outside Your heavenly kingdom, sway his heart or mind from You. May every word he speaks be Your words, inspired by Your truth and perfectly aligned with the teachings of Your Holy Scripture. We pray that his will be wholly surrendered to Yours, reflecting only Your divine purpose and glory. Lead him, Father, to be a faithful shepherd under Your sovereign control and that Your angels will shield and protect him from all evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We ask that you fill our places of worship to overflowing and that perpetual adoration chapels are filled at every hour of the day, every day of the week. Additionally, please shield and protect our clergy. Give them the strength to carry on and follow you more closely and not lose sight of the mission which you have given to them. We lift up every heartfelt intention and unspoken plea buried deep within us. In your sacred name, we pray. 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