Quotes about Intercession

But this is real prayer, down and dirty. It is not nice church prayer that refuses to ask anything because we mostly do not believe that prayers are heard or answered.

Intercession, that is, intrusion into the courts of power on behalf of another, is central to the church's action in prayer.

Who are you thinking about? Who are you thanking God for? Who has needs that you can bring before the Father with joy?

The church speaks finally in that it prays for the world.

Speaking as a minister it is my strong feeling that no man has a right to preach to a crowd that he has not prayed for.

In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.

There are people and nations, Mother, that I would like to say to you by name. I entrust them to you in silence, I entrust them to you in the way that you know best.

Even if we are separated from people, and even if there is no other gift which we can give to them, we can surround them with the strength and the defence of our prayers.

For a frequent intercession with God, earnestly beseeching him to forgive the sins of all mankind, to bless them with His providence, enlighten them with His Spirit, and bring them to everlasting happiness, is the divinest exercise that the heart of man can be engaged in.

Be daily, therefore, on your knees, in a solemn deliberate performance of this devotion, praying for others in such forms, with such length, importunity, and earnestness, as you use for yourself; and you will find all little, ill-natured passions die away, your heart grow great and generous, delighting in the common happiness of others, as you used only to delight in your own.

Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.

It is vain for us to pray while conscious that we have injured another. Let us first make amends to the injured one before we dare approach God at either the private or the public altar.