Prayer Request from Shane: Pray for the repose of Samia Kudmani

This is from Shane. Thank you so much for your prayers and God bless you and your family, Teri & Michael (see below)

Hello Teri & Michael -

I hope this email finds you in good spirits, you are in my prayers always.

Please pray for the late Sami Kudmani, the mother and mother-in-law of two of our dearest, oldest friends, and the grandmother to their two young daughters. Mrs. Kudmani passed away after a precipitous decline from Parkinson's and early on-set Alzeheimer's. Please pray for the extended Kudmani family, as they have weathered many difficulties in the last few years, and for the Nasr family as they seek to comfort and support their in-laws. And please pray for our brothers and sisters in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian community, a small but tightly-knit faith tradition... often, when one parishioner dies the loss is felt across the country. 

Love and blessings,

Shane

In Loving Memory

Almighty God, through the death of Your Son on the cross, You have overcome death for us. Through his burial and resurrection from the dead You have made the grave a holy place and restored us to eternal life. We pray for those who died believing in Jesus and are buried with him in the hope of rising again. God of the living and the dead, may those who faithfully believed in You on earth praise You forever in the joy of heaven. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

Prayer of Solace

May Christ support us all the day long, till the shadows lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over and our work is done. Then in his mercy may he give us a safe lodging, and holy rest and peace at the last. 

PRAYER FOR MIRACLES & HEALING

Heavenly Father, I trust in Your great love for me and all Your people. I ask You to unleash a wave of miracles and healing throughout Your church through the prayers of Your people. Touch the sick and the suffering, and restore them to wholeness and well-being. Lord Jesus, I ask for the grace to pray with expectant faith for my brothers and sisters who are hurting and in need of Your healing touch. Holy Spirit, open my eyes to see the kingdom of God all around me. Help me to recognize Your presence and Your work in the people I meet, and to be responsive to people I encounter that are in need of prayer.  In the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.