Prayer Request – St Edward the Martyr

July 4, 2018July 16, 2018

Prayer for Healing

Eileen O’Brien fell Monday night, and is in St Charles with a broken shoulder. Please think of her while praying.

April 25, 2018July 16, 2018

Prayer for the repose of the soul

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Lorraine Escalante, mother of David Blakeslee, who passed away early Tuesday morning in her sleep. The last month of her life she was cared for by Hospice, some of the most wonderful people in the world.

March 31, 2018March 31, 2018

Prayers for Peace

Long time parishioner Howard Gorman continues to need prayers in dealing with a recent diagnosis of an aggressive form of cancer and decisions related to treatment.

March 31, 2018April 1, 2018

Prayers for Health

Please keep Chuck (and Terry) Terhune in your prayers. Chuck has experienced some health issues while visiting Louisiana. Their daughters are currently working together to get them back to Oregon comfortably, so that they can better assess their medical needs.

Pope Francis 17 hours ago

Keep the faith. In this second week of Advent, we ask for the grace to prepare ourselves with faith to celebrate Christmas. #SantaMarta

Pope Francis 19 hours ago

Every human person, created in God’s image and likeness, is a value unto themselves and is subject to inalienable rights. #HumanRightsDay

Pope Francis 2 days ago

Advent is a time to recognize the emptiness needs to be filled in our lives, a time to smooth the rough edges of pride, and to make room for Jesus who comes. #Advent

Pope Francis 3 days ago

What is the secret of Mary’s beauty, “tota pulchra”? Not appearances, or that which passes, but a heart totally centred on God.

Pope Francis 4 days ago

Loving God means serving our neighbour without reserve, and trying to forgive without limits.

Pope Francis 5 days ago

"Saying or doing?" Am I a Christian of words or deeds? "Sand and rock?" Am I building my life on the rock of God, or on the sand of worldliness? "High or low?" Is my life inspired by the Magnificat? #SantaMarta

Pope Francis 6 days ago

The beginning of faith is feeling the need for salvation: this is the way that prepares us to meet Jesus.

Pope Francis 7 days ago

This Advent, make yourself small, make yourself humble, make yourself a servant of others, and the Lord will give you the ability to understand how to make peace. #SantaMarta

Pope Francis 1 week ago

Advent is a time for renewing the faith, for purifying it, so that it can be more authentic. #SantaMarta

Pope Francis 1 week ago

So many persons with disabilities and difficulties reopen their hearts to life when they realize they are loved! And how much love can flow from a heart thanks to the remedy of a smile! #WorldDisabilityDay

Pope Francis 1 week ago

Let us lift the veil of indifference that weighs on the destiny of those who suffer. Nobody can wash their hands when faced with the tragic reality of modern slavery. #EndSlavery

Pope Francis 1 week ago

Advent is the time to welcome the Lord who comes to meet us, the time to look ahead, and to prepare ourselves for Christ’s return. #Advent

Pope Francis 1 week ago

There is no such thing as the perfect family. Only by the daily exercise of forgiveness can a family grow.

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

Let us ask the Lord for the grace to leave everything in order to go forward in proclamation and witness, just as Peter and Andrew did. #SantaMarta

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

Faced with the tragedies of life, we are called to look to the horizon, because we have been redeemed and the Lord will come to save us. #SantaMarta

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

We cannot truly follow Jesus when we are weighed down by things, because if the heart is crowded with other goods, there will be no room for the Lord, who will become just one thing among others.

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

This week the Church invites us to ask ourselves: what state do I want the Lord to find me in when He calls? #SantaMarta

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

Let us ask the Lord for the grace of being generous, so that our hearts may be opened and we may become kinder. #SantaMarta

Pope Francis 2 weeks ago

While the great ones of the Earth build themselves ‘thrones’ for their own power, God chooses an uncomfortable throne, the cross, from which to reign by giving his life.