My heart and my soul,
my arms and pockets are filled
with the people I pray for, Lord…
You know who they are and what they need
and don’t need me
to speak their names…
But something’s sacred
in saying aloud the names of those
who’ve asked for my prayers…
Something’s holy
in whispering to you
what they once whispered to me…
And something’s graced
in simply remembering
the prayer I saw in their eyes…
My heart and my soul,
my arms and pockets are filled
with the people I pray for, Lord…
Hear every prayer I whisper
for all of those who’ve asked me
to mention their names to you…
Amen.
Austin Fleming, Roman Catholic Priest in Concord, MA
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And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
