VOTIVE PRAYER CANDLES – Lighting a candle serves to prolong prayer beyond our presence in church. The candle remains behind and symbolizes the desire for prayer to continue. When we light candles in prayer, our intentions remain present even when we are gone. Next time you pass a candle rack, help prolong others’ prayers by offering one for the intentions of the people who lit them.
The Sanctuary Lamp will burn before the Blessed Sacrament
this week at Saint Mark's
In Church – In Loving Memory of Ita Donoughe requested by Marian Mentch
In Chapel – Health of the Country
At Saint Mark – Health of Our Parishes
At Saint Jude – In Loving Memory of Margaret Villani requested by Grandson, Bill
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A PRAYER FOR PROTECTION IN TIME OF PANDEMIC
O Mary, you always brighten our path as a sign of salvation and hope.
We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who, at the Cross, took part in Jesus' pain while remaining steadfast in faith.
O loving Mother, you know what we need, and we are confident you will provide for us as at Cana in Galilee.
Intercede for us with your Son Jesus, the Divine Physician, for those who have fallen ill,
for those who are vulnerable and for those who have died.
Intercede also for those charged with protecting the health and safety of others and for those who
are tending to the sick and seeking a cure.
Help us, O Mother of Divine Love, to confirm to the will of the Father and to do as we are told by Jesus, who took upon himself our sufferings and carried our sorrows, so as to lead us, through the Cross, to the glory of the Resurrection. Amen.
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PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
Dear Jesus, I cannot at this moment receive Thee in Holy Communion but do come to visit me by Thy Grace,
come in a spiritual way into my soul and make it like to Thine. Amen.
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A PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL ADOPTION
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life of the unborn baby that I have
spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion.
I may not know who is spared in this life, but I will know in the next. Amen.
PRAYER - Prayer is Powerful especially when two or more are praying for the same. Have you ever said this to your spouse or someone you are talking to on the telephone: “So and So needs a prayer, let’s say one together for them” (the Our Father or Hail Mary is nice); you might want to try it. When you see someone struggling while walking along the street, say a silent prayer for them – it may be the only prayer they get all day. Do you hear a young parent scolding a child? Perhaps that’s the time to say a silent prayer for both of them. Do you still bless yourself when you pass a church? Perhaps we need to bring back some of these things so that we can pass it on to the younger generation. When something is lost, do you pray to Saint Anthony, the patron of lost things? Are you aware that the Little Infant of Prague also finds things by using this prayer: “Infant Jesus of Lost and Found, please help bring (lost article) around.”
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PRAYER LIST – March 2020 - Persons on this list are in need of your prayers. Print and Post it in a place where you can see it every day; just looking at it can be your prayer for them. If you are on the list and prayers have helped you and you’re able to get out and about, please call Saint Mark’s Rectory at 942-0364 with the good news so we can remove your name. You can always call in again to be put back on the list. Please pray for everyone’s special intentions.
Prayer is Powerful especially when two or more are praying for the same.
Linda Adams, John Ardrey, Baby Paul, Clyde Barr, Dorothy Barthlow, Debbie Beard, Clair Becker, Carole Bellizia, Chuck Bettwy,
Lynn Bettwy, Marian Boslet, Mary Elizabeth Boslet, Tom Boslet, Christine Bradley, Trevor Brunell, Francis Buckreis, Eric Campbell, Arthur Carlin, Dan Casey, Kathy Cassarly, Jennifer Cherry, Donald Cogan, Carole Corle, Jack Corle, Clyde Conrad, Marian Conrad, Janet Conway, Grace Coveney, Avery Cox, Vicki Craig, Mary Ellen Cruise, Margaret Cruz, Art Decker, Paul Dixon, Frances Dodson, Joe Donlon, Gerald Dorman, Jesse Ehredt, Jesse Ehredt, Jr., Bonnie Eichelberger, Gary Evans, Rosalind Everhart, Shirley Fanella, Sue Filer, Joann Forr, Hanna and Rachel Friedenberger, Mary Ann Gailey, Julia Garman, Kim Gilliland, Gordon C. Gladden, Patty Gogo,
Angelica Goodson, Sue Wilkinson Grimme, Judy Guidara, Bob Hammaker, Rosella Hammaker, Angelo Harclerode,
Gerard Harclerode, Dana Harris, Jennifer Hatajik, Carmel Hicks, William Hicks, Connie Himes, Gene Himes, Richard Himes, Rose Ann Himes, Cheryl Hoff, Mary Hollern, “Stretch” Horton, Kevin Houck, Diane Huber, Ellen Ickes, John Johns, Luke Kirsch, Scott Kissell, Linda Knott, Barbara Koehle, Linda Kuhn, William Kuntz, Mary Jean Leberfinger, Brad Linaberry, Kelly Litz, Donna Long,
Ernie Long, Mark Long, Georgia Luke, Jennie Madden, John Mayernick, Fred Marchitelli, Barbara Marker, Louise Marshman, Timothy Martin, 2nd Lt. Kurt Martine, Corporal Joseph McCloskey, Jr., Sarah McCloud, Austin McCotter, Jolene McCullough, Marian Mentch, Barbara Miller, Brenda Miller, Darrell Paul Miller, Susan Mock, Damian James Montgomery, Christine Montoer, Cindy Moschella, Marge Moschella, Mitchell Moss, Nancy Murray, Jennifer Musser, Eileen Myers, John Myers, Sandra Newberry, Lily Nevling, Joe Novak, Jennifer O’Dea, Gretchen Packard, Jonathan Perez, Kay Pfahler, John Port, Mary Porta, Susan Pringle, Joe Pulcinello, Ray Pulcinello, Anna Quirin, Randy Reese, Dan Riccio, Roxanne Roberts, Julia Rodriguez, Jim Rogers, Dawn Rutigliano, Bill Sankey, Marcia Saylor, Richard Saylor, Tina Scavone, Lee Scheffer, Debbie Shaffer, Mike Sisto, Joseph Skelley, Michael Skelley, Lorie Smith, Mary Jo Stacey, Mason Stroud, Bill Sunderland, Ethel Thomas, Ann Thompson, Jan Tragon, John Turchetta, Matthew Valente, Joseph Veckov,
Pauline Veckov, Pat Vermillion, Martha Vigney, Andy Welsh, Tim Wesner, Bob Wills, Mikayla Yanchik, Michaleah Young, Steve Young, Connie Zeak, Dave Zeak.
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"Mother Teresa's Flying Novena"
From what we've been told, the Memorare is to be said ten times for your special intention.
The last time you say it (#10) would be "in thanks" to the Blessed Mother for listening.
THE MEMORARE - Remember, O Most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly to you, O Virgin of virgins, my mother. To you I come; before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.
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OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY, PRAY FOR US.
SAINT MARK, PRAY FOR US.