Please pray for us ...

[LilyLamb]

We have put our house up for sale.  As much as I love my home and I'm not looking forward to moving again (I've lived in about 30 different places during my lifetime) and even though we said that this would be our last move   ... we realized after the last few visits by elderly family members that stairs can be a difficult obstacle ... so we are looking for something on one level.  Also, if we get something on one floor then we can revise our foster parent files to include handicapped children in wheelchairs/crutches.

Even though we've only been in our home two years - we can list our house for $30,000 more than what we paid for it.  After paying off the commission, what we owe on the loan, the five percent necessary to put down on another house and the expenses for two closings ... we could still have enough left over to cover house payments for one year (that is my goal - to have enough in savings to pay our house note in case something happened to my husband/his job) ... if we get the full price for our house.

The house we like is very close to the park/pool/walking trails and is within the same school district and the same mileage to my husband's job/our church.  We are going to look at it again tomorrow night and then decide on whether or not to put a contract on it.

So, I guess I'm asking for ya'll to intercede and light some candles for us, that we get a miracle price on the house we want to buy and that we get the full asking price on our house.   That's not too much to ask, is it??

Thanks!

 

[Hoonbaba]

I'll be prayin' for you =)

-Jason

P.S.  What's the significance of candles?  Just curious =)

 

[AngelAmidala]

I'll be praying.

 

[fragmentsofdreams]

Originally posted by Hoonbaba
I'll be prayin' for you =)

-Jason

P.S.  What's the significance of candles?  Just curious =)

I'm not sure about the origins or theological basis, but there is just something special about lighting a candle after a prayer for intercession.

LilyLamb- I pray things work out.

 

[ZooMom]

I'll light a candle for you Lily. God bless you.

 

[Wolseley]

You light a candle in a Catholic church while you say a prayer for a specific intention. As long as that candle burns, the intention is continuously presented to God.

 

[ZooMom]

Originally posted by Hoonbaba

P.S.  What's the significance of candles?  Just curious =)

Jason, what it is is basically just a symbol of continuous prayer.

 

[LilyLamb]

Thank you VERY MUCH for your prayers.

I made some revisions to my prayer list this morning and printed out a new copy. I like to spend time in the morning - reading God's Word and praying the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy.

I truly believe in the power of intercessory prayer.

I pray God's blessings on all of you.

Thanks again!

 

[jukesk9]

Prayed for you last night and will continue to pray....Ask for St. Joseph's intercession. My parents just sold their house because of his intercession.....

 

[LilyLamb]

Is there a specific prayer or just to ask him to pray?

 

[LilyLamb]

oh - and thanks for praying for us

 

[KC Catholic]

You git it!

 

[jukesk9]

Originally posted by LilyLamb
Is there a specific prayer or just to ask him to pray?

Just ask.  There is a ritual that some say borders on superstition...buy a small statue of him, have it blessed and bury it in your yard and ask him to pray for you in your time of need.  My parents did the statue thing and the house sold five days later.  However, if we would NOT have buried the statue and still asked for his intercession, I still believe the house would have sold.  I don't think trying the statue will hurt if you do it out of faith and not superstition.  Again, just ask ol' St. Joseph to pray to God that your house sells. 

Oh and if you're wondering where this got its start, it was back during the Middle Ages when Nuns would need more land for convents, they would ask St. Joseph for his help.  Or so I read.....

 

[Avila]

Praying for you!!!