Thank you Easter.

Easter from Mostly Prayers and Suzy Q from Sailing by Starlight have both kindly passed on the Excellent blog award to Mary's Prayer Garden. I will pass it onto ten more blogs that I think are most deserving of this award.

1 Lisa at Unexpected Journey

2 Jackie at Catholic mom of 10

3 Jean at Catholic Fire

4 Angela at Where Angels Go

5 Kalona at Knocking Everywhere

6 Mark at Dominican Idaho

7 John Michael at St. Robert Bellarmine: Controversies and Secrets

8 Ivar at Musings On The Divine

9 Tania at Mama Tatiana

10 Amy Caroline from Knit together in Love

I also wanted to pass this award onto Rose from Simple Homemaker but unfortunatly Rose has stopped blogging. I miss her blog and her comments too. If you read this Rose, I would love you to contact me. My email is on my profile page.

Prayer intentions for week begining 27th January, 2008.

For Fr. Ed.
For April who has walking pneumonia.
For Baby Anna's parents and sister as they grieve Anna's death.
For the Summons family who lost their baby girl 7 hours after she was born.
For Fr. John Speekmans cousin.
For all the babies under the threat of abortion and their mothers.
For Ebeth's husband.
For all of Lyn's needs especially baby A.
For world peace.
For all the dcf special needs children.
For baby Noah and his mother.
For Amber's sister and husband to have the money for adoption.
For Ronja who has back pain.
For all expecting mothers. Especially, Karen, Regan, Racheal, Annelisa and Rachel.
For Steve and Lauren who are having marriage problems.
For Christopher and Teddy who are away from the church. May they seek God in all aspects of their lives.
For all the priests and Religious in the World that are not teaching the full truth.
For Danny who has MS.
For Linda in her job search.
For Rose.
For my mother. That her surgery on her knee is successful.

An open letter from a dying Priest.

Please pray for Fr. Ed

The above link is to John Michael's blog. He has a letter on there from Fr. Ed. Please pray for Fr. Ed and leave a message for him and his family at John Michael's blog.

prayer intentions for the week begining 20 January 2008.

For Baby Anna's parents and sister as they grieve Anna's death.
For the Summons family who lost their baby girl 7 hours after she was born.
For Fr. John Speekmans cousin.
For all the babies under the threat of abortion and their mothers.
For Ebeth's husband.
For all of Lyn's needs especially baby A.
For world peace.
For all the dcf special needs children.
For baby Noah and his mother.
For Amber's sister and husband to have the money for adoption.
For Ronja who has back pain.
For all expecting mothers. Especially, Karen, Regan, Racheal, Annelisa and Rachel.
For Steve and Lauren who are having marriage problems.
For Christopher and Teddy who are away from the church. May they seek God in all aspects of their lives.
For all the priests and Religious in the World that are not teaching the full truth.
For Danny who has MS.
For Linda in her job search.
For Rose.
For my mother. That her surgery on her knee is successful.

Prayer intentions for week begining 13 January 2008.

For Baby Anna's parents and sister as they grieve Anna's death.
For the Summons family who lost their baby girl 7 hours after she was born.
For Fr. John Speekmans cousin.
For all the babies under the threat of abortion and their mothers.
For Ebeth's husband.
For all of Lyn's needs especially baby A.
For world peace.
For all the dcf special needs children.
For baby Noah and his mother.
For Amber's sister and husband to have the money for adoption.
For Ronja who has back pain.
For Christina who is in her last trimester of pregancy.
For all expecting mothers. Especially, Karen, Regan, Racheal, Annalisa and Rachel.
For Steve and Lauren who are having marriage problems.
For Christopher and Teddy who are away from the church. May they seek God in all aspects of their lives.
For all the priests and Religious in the World that are not teaching the full truth.
For Danny who has MS.
For Linda in her job search.
For Rose.

Baby Anna.

Baby Anna is another baby I have been offering my rosary for. This morning (the feast of the Epiphany) Anna passed away. She is a new saint in Heaven praying for us all now.

Here is Anna's Caring Page.

Kyle and Sandy are Anna's parents. Please keep them in your prayers and feel free to leave a message for them here.

Prayer intentions for the week begining 6th of January 2008

For the souls in purgatory.
For all the babies under the threat of abortion and their mothers.
For Ebeth's husband.
For all of Lyn's needs especially baby A.
For world peace.
For Tom and his pump therapy.
For Fr. Francis Mary as he discerns his future.
For all the dcf special needs children.
For baby Noah and his mother.
For baby Anna who is in hospital again and her parents.
For Amber's sister and husband to have the money for adoption.
For Ronja who has back pain.
For RoseMary Teresa's family in their time of greiving.
For Christina who is in her last trimester of pregancy.
For all expecting mothers. Especially, Karen, Regan, Racheal and Rachel.
For Steve and Lauren who are having marriage problems.
For Christopher and Teddy who are away from the church. May they seek God in all aspects of their lives.
For all the priests and Religious in the World that are not teaching the full truth.
For Danny who has MS.
For Linda in her job search.
For Rose.

Baby Noah.

I have had baby Noah in my prayer intentions for a while.

Noah has a liver complication and yesterday his mother wrote this message:

I thought I would share this little story with you. Since Noah was diagnosed I have pretty much asked every Saint and Angel I can think of to intercede in prayer. Of course, I always ask his guardian angel to watch over him and protect him. The other day I got an email from a friend who said she is always praying for Noah's gaurdian angel to protect him, and thought, thats great, she is also praying for the same thing I am. At 4:00am that night I was jolted from my sleep and as I sat straight up to look at Noah who sleeps right next to me in bed, and NEVER EVER EvER rolls more than once on his stomach, I saw him hanging off the edge of my bed. My bed is a 4 poster bed that is about 3 feet off the ground. First of all I have no idea how he got from laying parellel to me to laying perpendicular with his arms, chest, and head hanging off the bed. Because of Noah's stomach being cut open twice, he has NO CORE muscles which means if he hangs off of a bed he should go down. Not only was Noah stable in a superman position, but as I grabbed his leg quickly he turned and smiled at me. He was wide awake and smiling as if someone was talking to him or playing with him. This was also a blessing because had he cried or fussed he would have fallen over. As soon as I got Noah next to me, and surrounded him with pillows. I immedietly was filled with a sense of knowing it was his Guardian Angel that was holding him up, and making him smile until I woke up. I thanked him, and just have a feeling its a male.