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Dear friends,

Please include in your prayers a friend of mine. She is in desperate need of a job, which will solve various problems at home including marital. They are in debt and also there is emotional pressure on her because she can't get a job. She is a very meek person and can't take the pressure , calls me to pour her heart out, and I feel helpless.
They are Catholics and sometimes in desperation even talks of divorce. Please pray for this poor lady everyday for peace in her home. They have  two children who can be affected by the situation. :(

She has my prayers the poor woman! St. Joseph help her! May she find good work! God bless them I pray.

Memorare
of St. Bernard

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 with 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, do not ignore my petitions but in your mercy hear and answer me.

Memorare, O piissima Virgo Maria, non esse auditum a saeculo, quemquam ad tua currentem praesidia, tua implorantem auxilia, tua petentem suffragia, esse derelictum. Ego tali animatus confidentia, ad te, Virgo Virginum, Mater, curro, ad te venio, coram te gemens peccator assisto. Noli, Mater Verbi, verba mea despicere; sed audi propitia et exaudi.

My prayers are certainly with her and her family.  :+:

I can't tell you how many I have seen this year in the same boat.   :bighanky:  I will add your friend to my list! 

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The economy here in Ireland is in a terrible state and your friends situation is sadly repeated in so many lives.
I feel the Lord is teaching us not to put our trust in money

We fly onto Thy patronage O Holy Mother of God.
Despise not our prayers in our necessities but ever deliver us from all dangers O' most glorious and Blessed Virgin.

I really agree that the Lord is teaching so many not to put our trust in money! Not to let it monopolize our thoughts and actions.

Sub tuum praesiduim confugimus, sancta Dei Genetrix; nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus; sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper, Virgo gloriosa et benedicta.

Please continue to pray. All I can do is listen to her and pray for her. Feel my hands tied as to her situation. At least if she pours her heart out to me she won't bottle it up and feel desperate. That's the least I can do for her right now.

What a great service you are providing.  Catholic community at its best.

Please continue to remember this poor lady. She calls me and pours her heart out. She is still finding it difficult to get  a job for which she studied a lot, and since she cant get one she is being taunted by her spouse and is getting the cold shoulder.  Her husband has a job, but that doesn't suffice for him. Please pray that he too is given grace to change his priorities and love his wife unconditionally. I'm trying to listen to her and encourage her to pray more, so she doesn't get desperate or suicidal.  :+:

A sympathetic ear Patricia is worth more than we will ever Know in this life.
God Bless you for being there for your friend.
I will pray too for her.

Be careful Patricia.  Besides all this, you may at some point need to tell her to get some professional counseling.  Desperate and suicidal is serious.  I will pray for YOU too.

As will I -  :+:

That's what I told her, that maybe they needed some serious counseling. She is ready for it, but her husband will not be.

Usually that is the case, and often what is recommended is that the wife go anyway, then at some point the husband will want to go to find out what she might be saying about him (or just be curious about the counseling).

Yes, there is a quote so true:  "A change in one part of the system changes the rest of the system."

I am praying for your poor friend.  May her husband grow to be more understanding and begin to give her support rather than reproach.  May she find work soon and keep finding help in you, Patricia; may she turn to a holy priest to help give her extra support, too.  Amen.

Thanks Therese. At least things are a little better on the marital front, but she still needs a job. I think prayers are working for her though she doesn't see it yet. :)

It's the husband's job to provide for the home! We can pray for a job, but we have to pray for him too especially to learn what his responsibilities are and how he should behave!  :D

St. Joseph ora pro nobis!

Exactly what I feel ! But its that particular community from a state in India that wants  a woman to work and bring in money.  So not just hubby, its social pressure as well. Added to the financial situation. She is in a jam. :(  Yes , I've told her to pray more for him .

You're welcome.  I am glad that the prayers are working.  At least the marital front is better!

 :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:  Prayer of Praise!

Please continue to pray for her. She is now thinking of a travel job where she will be required to travel many miles a day . She is not comfortable with driving, but feels she has no option right now. Hubby is pushing her further. He does not join them for Sunday Mass now.  Pray for him too.  :+: Please pray that she gets a job that is closer to home.

I will pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for them tonight!

Thank you, Shin.

I will do my best to put my heart into it for them!

I know your heart is already with her!

I read an article recently on how it is a Jewish tradition that God will hear a prayer more often if you mention the mother of the person you are praying for! How much moreso this reflects with Our Lady, and families whose mothers have so much to care for! God truly love mothers, wives and widows!

Then that is a good idea to mention the mother of the person in prayers. Probably draws Our Lord to pity quicker and quicker answer to our prayer. :)

Continued prayers for her and her husband.  I'm beginning the 30 day novena to St. Joseph for her tomorrow. My heart really goes out to my friend.  St. Joseph pray for this family that seems to be falling apart ! :littleprayer:

This continuous prayer and love will help her soul stay afloat!

Come Holy Ghost and enlighten the hearts of thy faithful, and enkindle within them thy love, help, and peace. St. Joseph pray for her and us.

I join my prayers to all here (and only lurking) along with a prayer for her and his mothers.

At least my friend found a job in a clothes store.  Also it has good flexible timings so she can manage the children. Hope things improve for her from now on and build her confidence.  Prayers also needed for marital front.

Will be keeping her in my prayers Patricia.  :+:

Ah, I am glad.. God bless her, God bless her many times over.. many times over we pray..

My friend lost her job today .  Prayers for her, please.

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Ave, Ave, Ave Maria!!