Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, concludes that this type of prayer -- known as intercessory prayer ... concluded that the group receiving prayers fared 11% better than the group ...
The Catholic Church set the day apart for intercession for the souls in Purgatory, when prayers and masses were offered for their release from the suffering ...
The service of the Small Paraklesis, conducted in alternation with the Great Paraklesis during the Dormition fast (August 1-14) as well as on many other occasions, is chanted in times of distress and ...
asking for their intercession. According to Catholic doctrine, all the world’s saints are forever spiritually connected with the world and can intercede on people’s behalf because of a shared ...