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The Cathedral Prayer Connection was created to pray for special needs and requests of parishioners and their families.  Prayer and support of others is an important element of our Christian community.  If you have a special intention, be assured that our 45-50 prayerful people are dedicated to intercession on your behalf.  New members are always welcome to join our group of “pray-ers.” There are no meetings or dues.  The only requirement is that you are willing to receive a prayer intention by phone, pray intensely for that need and pass the request along to one other person on the phone chain.  It is a great and rewarding opportunity to connect with those who believe in the power of prayer.  Please contact Yvonne Callans at 815-723-4495 if you are in need or prayer or would like to join the Prayer Connections team.

Online Prayer Requests (submit a prayer request)

• by james edward gerard fox:

  "please pray to dear god/jesus for me to get back all i lost and a lot lot more also for a complete miracle in my life as well as my mind and body healed and to please take out the tormenting unclean spirit inside me for good - amen i suffer from anxiety and depression and am desprate. i have bad asthma, panic attacks and blackouts - my mind/thinking is disordered - please help!"

• by Raquel & Jay Martinez:

  "Please pray for my family. My husband and I recently separated (July) and I want to rebuild our marriage so that I can allow God to work through me and help my husband to appriecate his family. Please pray for our finances because I don't know how we are going to provide for our children. I am just trusting in God that he will take care of my family."

• by Kimberly ALlstun:

  "Please pray for me my name is Kimberly. I am struggling to understand Christ't death on the cross and believing that he died and rose again. I am struggling to believe how good he wants to be for me. I am struggling because there is a lot of lies, arguments, meanness, abuse in my life. I do not kow what to do about the mean people in my life, should I walk away from my own family or try to tuff it out. It is so difficult and confusing. I just want all the pain to end. My husband left me suddenly 6 years ago, now he has the kids and wont let me see them. I have tried to talk him into working things out, I have tried to talk him into letting me see the kids. Nothing is working. I do not know what to do. I know that if he takes me to court everyone is going to be so mean to me, because of the lifestyle I used to be involved in such as drugs.lying, cheating, cussing and such. I fear that the past that I am trying so hard to get rid of and forgive myself and stop feeling guilty about is all going to be hammered into my face if I have to go to court with my soon to be ex husband, Ryan. I just want peace. I am also struggling with jealousy and anger. It seems I pray everyday for it all to end but it don't. I really feel like I cant get to God like I need to or he can't get to me. Like something or someone is in the way. I want to get rid of anything in the way but I don’t know what to get rid of or what to do. I want to be happy and healed and able to teach the gospel quickly. I am tired of growing a little by little everyday. There is a lot of stress in my life. So much doubt, confusion, worries, so many fears. It seems like the negative things control my thinking leaving me tired and bored and anxious all the time. I cant live like this any longer and I don’t know what God wants me to do!! I really feel God can use me in mighty ways and I am excited but there is so much uncalled for stress in m y life. Jesus knows the situation. Please pray for me. MY name is Kimberly. Thanks. God bless everyone who is praying for me…Love in Christ, Kimberly"

• by vijayakumar:

  "URGENT PRAYER REQUEST PLEASE PRAY FOR ME daily UNTIL CURE vijayakumar from india Please remove all the obstacles and injustices that lie in my path , completly destroy all demonic oppression,BLACK MAGIC,spells and jinxes, and witchcraft of any kind placed on me and my home,property ,SEND VERY powerfull HEALING ,GUARD me and Deliver me this Oppression"

• by Nancy durkin:

  "One of your parishoners, John Dorgan was involved in a roll over accident on I80/94, Friday this past week. I am his wifes grandmother and am requesting prayers and help for his family. He has 4 broken vertebrae, has some head damage (the Dr.s are still waiting to see if his brain has any more damage besides the memory loss), burns on his face, 2 broken feet. They have 4 children ages 12, 11, 4 and 1. She doesn't work and they were barely making ends meet on his new job. They have no health insurance (his new job didn't have any) and she is worried that they will lose their house, car, etc. He was sent by ambulance to St. Margarets Hospital in Hammond, IN and his wife wants to see if they can transfer him to Provena St. Joseph in Joliet, as it is difficult for her with four children to keep going to Hammond, plus the cost of gas is making it hard to make ends meet."

• by John Molin:

  "Hi, Is there prayer list that I can add a friend of mine to who is having a serious spine operation. John Molin St James the Apostle, Glen Ellyn"

• by james flynn:

  "I have been falsely accused of a crime that I did not commit; my special intentions are that these charges will be dropped by my accusers and that they will see the wrong they have committted; my court date to go before the the judge with these charges will be on Friday, April 16, 2010; my family will not only lose my financial support but will also lose their home if I am incarcerated. I am a licensed nurse with excellent character credentials in my area as well as the medical community; I have no where else to turn to make this miracle happen; I am 68 yrs old in frail health; please pray for me. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have Mercy on me. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Pray for me. St Padre Pio, Pray for me. St Raymond, Pray for me."

• by Kimberly Allstun:

  "My name is Kimberly. Please pray for me and my boyfriend Jerrys relationship. It is hard for me to believe that he loves and cares for me. We are having a few problems, like he does not always listen to me, when I try to hug him alot he tells me to get off of him. I guess it is the way he was raised. I need the Lords help and guidance. I say things that are mean alot and i condemn myself for what i say and do every day.I find it hard to forgive myself and forgive others. When someone hurts me, I back away from them afraid they will hurt me again.I feel that I am confused about life and everything everyday all the time. I feel like I am under a blanket of confusion. I am overwelmed and feel tired alot, I guess because of negative thinking. My ex has not let me see the children that we share in about 5 years and everyday I worry about the day that he takes me to court because of divorce and custody battles. I know that I am not perfect and I know that I did alot wrong, the Lord has forgiven me but my ex has not. I fear what the courts will say about me. I feel bad because I have not been given the chance to prove myself. I have alot of stress and alot going on in my life. I feel like I pray and the Lord is not working fast enough. I am a new Christian and I need to know and understand God and his love and his works and wonders so much. I just dont understand why it is not happening fast enough. I really need your prayers and support. There is so much I need, I could type pages and pages of needs. Please pray that I will make a huge impact on the world for christ. Pray that my jealousy will go away and that I will be able to love my boyfriend Jerry. I dont know why I am having troubles trusting and loving and forgiving him. I really need the Lord to speak to his heart and mine and settle our differences. I need so much.. I really need to know what the Lord thinks about everything that I am doing in his life. I need to hear him,, see miracles, see signs and wonders and every good amazing thing! I need more faith.. I dont know exactly what I need, but I know I need the Lord to help me really bad and I know that I need the prayers and support of other believers, possibly stronger than me! Please pray for me and pray for my boyfriend and families to know the Lord as well. Thanks. Kimberly Allstun kallstun@mineralarea.edu"

• by Robert:

  "Hi my name is Robert. I am 43 years old and I live in Albuquerque,New Mexico,USA. A few years ago I put something on my face that was homemade and supposed to be good for the skin. It actually caused a small tiny bit of damage back then but over the years the skin on my face has gotten worser and worser. Now I have some scars,many deep skin craters,blemishes,imperfections,uneven skin layers. No job or insurance at this time. I am crushed by this. Please pray for a miracle on the skin on my face. Pray for God to take away the scars,deep skin craters,blemishes,imperfections,uneven skin layers, off the skin on my face and to make them vanish and disappear in Jesus name. Pray for all the damage done to be undone and for the skin on my face to become complete and whole again like in the past. I feel very sad and depressed over this and I dont know how much longer I can hold on. Please pray for me and send to others to pray for me. Thanks, I appreciate it."

• by Mary:

  "pray for a child who were falsely accused."

• by Rebecca:

  "Please pray for my family - me actually. It sounds selfish, but my husband granted me the gift of staying home with my children instead of working. This is a tremendous gift and I love being home with my kids. Unfortunatly we really needed the money. My car was reposessed and we barely have enough for food and medicine. I never learned how to manage a house because I was working or in school. My husband expects me to be Donna Reed and all I do now is eat and cry in the dark when I am alone. My children are very young and I am over protective, That is why I agreed to stay home so I could keep them from getting hurt. I am so anxious and paranoid and I don't want to ruin my kids or my relationship with my husband. Please pray for me"