Welcome to the – prayer intentions post! If you have a prayer intention you would like the Blessed Catholic Mom community of readers to pray for this August, please leave a comment below.
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We can pray for each other as members of the amazing Body of Christ.

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If you are looking for more prayers to help you grow closer to our Lord you can find more in the Prayers section. There is also a section focused on Mass Prayers.
You can find some great resources recommended for growing in prayer here: Good Catholic Books to Read: Improve Your Prayer Life
Nunc Coepi: A Year of Prayer from Blessed is She is a book to lead you daily through a year of prayer. It contains Scripture selections, weekly reflections, and writings from Jean Pierre de Cassaude, Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, Gabrielle Bossis, Saint Philip Neri, the Desert Fathers and Mothers, and Saint Francis de Sales. This book will help you to develop a habit of prayer and deepen your prayer life.
I request this prayer for myself that God in his infinite mercy may grant success to the exams am about to write so as to enroll into tertiary institution and also grant my good heart desires through Christ our Lord, Amen.
Please pray for my dear brother-in-law Tom who was just diagnosed with lung and brain cancer. Also for my sister Liz, Tom’s wife, who fell and ruptured her kneecap while at hospital with Tom. They lost their only son to cancer less than 2 years ago! Also prayers for their daughter, my niece Beth, who is trying to lovingly care for them both! God bless you for your prayers!
Continue to prayer for my son Jino to stop taking marijuana and to concentrate with his studies and also to respect his relationship with Angela that causes us more trouble causing much inconvenient within our families. Also prayer for him to come closer to God.
Asking for prayers for my son Jake as he is struggling in a few areas of his life. Thank you
Please pray for a recent college graduate you isn’t finding a job in his field of study, banking. He is getting discouraged and losing self confidence. Please pray for him. St Augustine said “ Patience is the companion of wisdom”. Thank you
Please pray for my grand daughter who is entering public high school this year. She has encountered some problems right away and hopefully they will get straightened out. She has been in a Catholic school prior to this so this is a new experience for her. I ask that you pray for her to have wisdom and discernment in her choices as she moves forward.
Please pray for my teenage daughter Mary she is suffering mentally, irritable and very negative in her thoughts and has alot of resentment for me as her mother and close family. This greatly affecting her grades in high school, i want to get closer to her heart and pray for a break through mother Mary for her mental state and success in her exams. Pray for her elder brother Achilles to find a stable job and a good partner that loves God, and for the younger brother to get along well and get to do well in his studies. Their Dad passed on last year due to cancer and it has been tough emotionally and physically. Mother give me the grace and patience to look after these children and minister to them as you know best, to find better work opportunities and to build a home. Lord grant us clarity and guidance regarding our future and family. Amen
Please pray for my son John. I fear he has lost his way! I pray for the intervention from our loving Holy Mother of God! Amen
Please pray for my new marriage, give me the patience & kindness I need, as well as guidance to overcome all obstacles I’m facing. Pray for my immediate family & extended as well, keep us safe. Thank you & God Bless
Please pray for nephew Patrick who needs our prayer. He is a teacher and is trying to make a new start and moved back home and it is challenging! Thank you Please pray for my own family as they strive in life and help them know God in gentle ways. Scott & Meg, Mark, Chelsea & Rowan.Thank you. For my hubby Paul.
For Meg’s Dad John with cancer and receiving perpetual chemotherapy.
prayer for my younger son Jino to stop from taking alcohol and marijuana ,helping him from all kinds of influences that challenging alot and also pray for my family needs and help my spouse and all of us to come closer to God in prayer.