Prayer on the Internet

One piece of good news about the internet - which of course is regularly blamed for all kinds of evils - is that it is drawing so many together for prayer.  I hear of Carmelites and others meeting online to say the rosary together, and I think that is marvellous – especially for anyone housebound, but in general for absolutely anybody.  Speaking as someone living on his own, I know how easy it is to let disciplines like the rosary slip, but if I am committed to a meeting at a particular time on a particular day for the purpose, that helps hold my resolve.  And of course the element of togetherness adds another dimension: for sure the Holy Spirit does deepen the closeness between individuals who pray together in this way, even though this drawing together is a mysterious process of which we may not be fully aware.  The principle holds good for on-screen connection just as much as for physical gatherings. 

Intercessions:

Cancer: Brian Davis, Bernard (and wife Angela caring for him), Jacqui, Theresa K, Fr Jon Bielowski (Plymouth Diocese), Catherine, Alex (43 with five children), Marie

Illness:  Katy Keeling

Siena, Elara – sick children

David OCDS – housebound

Sophia – blind infant

Grace – troubling ailments, job difficulties, family (deceased mother and health of father)

Lucia – Overwhelmed by weariness

Mark – brain infection

Michael – youngster with occult influences

Defence of the unborn and the elderly

RIP Roy Seymour, Richard Parker, Sue Burton, Joy Smith OCDS, Dr Alan Rodgers