Send Deacon Keith Your Prayer Requests
The Lord be with you! This is Deacon Keith, and I am asking for your prayer requests - especially during the difficult times each of us is facing.Please click the link below to submit your prayer requests.
Why am I asking you?
Because we must unleash the most powerful force in the world - PRAYER. Let me explain in more detail.
Before calling the Apostles, Jesus spent the entire night in prayer. (Luke 6:12) In His Sacred humanity, Jesus shows us the pattern for our life.
Because you - like me - see the importance of our Catholic faith, YOU can participate in our mission to spread the Gospel to all nations.
Here is how you can: I am inviting you to be a "first responder" by sending your prayer request to me, thereby joining our worldwide movement of praying for one another.
Here is all you need to do: Click the link below and tell me what you'd like me to pray for you.
Deacon Keith Fournier
Chaplain of YCVF and Dean of Catholic Online School

Let Us Pray
Together, let us pray for the needs of our brothers and sisters.
Please remember these intentions in your daily prayers.
- Please pray that the spot they found on my mom's breast not be cancer. Please heal her.
Sue, 2/6/2018 - Please pray for my sister, Annie Lumetta, who has just been diagnosed with lung cancer. She has had a lot of hardships in her life. Please pray that our heavenly father will give her the strength she needs to carry this cross. Thank you.
Mary, 2/6/2018 - Pray that the judge grants full primary custody to my daughter and I
Chris, 2/6/2018 - For my wife to regain her speech and recover from her stroke. For the relationship between our family. For our marriage. For grandson Brandon illness. For son, his family and all our issues.
Joe, 2/6/2018
- For health and protection of baby Lennox who is having a heart surgery on February 16 due to a heart murmur. May God protect him and his family. Amen
Aida, 2/6/2018 - Dear Lord, Hdlp me find a job and provide for my family. Allow the exception to policy be approved and allow me to continue with my work.
Paul, 2/6/2018 - Pls. Pray for me and my daughter.. I’m just 24 weeks and 4 days pregnant with my daughter and scared she is too young to born now.. and I’m bleeding again .. pls. Pray fo us ..
Amen and amen
Mary Ann, 2/6/2018 - I ask for help for my wife and I . the marriage is bad right now and she has left. I ask for prayers to reunite us and work on our marriage. We are both at fault in not letting go of the past and concentrate on the future. I do love her dearly. Thank you to all that will help me
Timothy, 2/6/2018 - Heavenly Father I humbly beg of you to grant that the office problem will be sorted out soon with regard to recovery of data from the server after it has crashed and that those engineers will negotiate with regard to payment of reducing the amount. I pray that I will do my work efficiently without committing any mistakes too and will be able to complete all the pending jobs too.
Heavenly Father I pray that there will be a total transformation in Lucy behaviour and that she will cooperate and communicate with her in-laws and be good towards them. I pray that Melvin too will not insult her in front of any one and give her the due respect too. I pray that there will be love and peace with all her family members.
Heavenly Father I pray for my Mum that she will be cured of her giddiness and the swelling on her legs will be reduced and her BP comes back to normal. I pray that my dad will be cured of his attacks too.
Heavenly Father I pray for my son Wayne that he will devote more time on his studies and will clear the 5th 7th and 8th semester. I pray that he will pass in the 5th semester paper which he has given for revaluation too.
Heavenly Father I pray for the love, peace, understanding, communication, unity and togetherness among all the brothers and sister and among the brother-in-law and sister-in-law’s and that we all live as a united family too
Maria , 2/6/2018 - I have been a widow for almost 10 years now and taking care of 5 great kids. Two have graduated from university and I have three still in college. It's been a hard climb but with God's abundant blessings, life has been good. Please pray for me and my family that I will be able to pay the overwhelming tuition fees, loan and other debts. In addition, please pray for my children that they will continue to excel in their majors and walk on the right path to heaven. Thank you very much and appreciate all your prayers!
Magdalene, 2/6/2018 - Lord Jesus please bless me and grant me miracles, guide me joyfully to a life filled with joy,happiness and freedom. Amen
Greg, 2/6/2018 - Please pray for me to go home from the hospital and be healthy and have a happy, long life with my family
M, 2/6/2018 - Today I ask this favour on behalf of my Daughter, Anne , aged 25 is suffering from Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and it has changed my daughter’s hormone system and leading to overproduction of hormones. She is worried Jesus. She must recover soon. Jesus. Her hormone balance must come to normal. As she is awaiting to get marry in May 2018, please Jesus, cure her sickness, she must have healthy children in future, I offer their family to you Jesus. I will spread this miracle to everybody Jesus. I will do more sacrifices Jesus. Please Answer my Prayer. Amen.
Nimmi, 2/6/2018 - I would ask to please lift my childrens' hearts so they can get to know the father that wants to be there for them but was never given a chance. Also Please help me to get a job for I have been unemployed for over six months and unemployment ran out and I still have bills....thank you so much for my life, for Pam, and her family who have totally supported me even though we are not married.
Jason, 2/6/2018 - Oh lord plz forgive c of everything thx for everything
Arnhem lord plz tc of everything I beg u oh lord , 2/6/2018
- For the repose of the soul of Mr. and Mrs. Crow.
Rob, 2/5/2018 - Please pray for my son to restore the strenght of his right arm and lessen the pain he is suffering since the accident. He got brachial plexus Due to motorcycle crashed. With your prayer I wish and pray that his strenght be back to normal. Please pray also that depression wont affect him.
Remedios and Lean, 2/5/2018 - Monday February 5th, Prayer Request and Praise Report.
Dear Lord God Almighty; Holy Mother Mary, Blessed St Jude, ST. PEREGRINE, Our Lady of Lourdes All you Saints and Angels, l invoke your names for the Almighty God to forgive my sins and accept my Thanks and Praises.
All I want to say is THANK YOU LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, LORD JESUS CHRIST for bringing me through the surgery and CURING MY STOMACH CANCER and healing my mother from her illness and delivering her soul from death. Hallelujah.
Thank You God for hearing my sighs and mourning. For listening to my cries and driving away all my fears and anxieties. For answering my Prayers and delivering me from my enemies and death of my soul
Glory and Praises be unto Thee Lord God Almighty. How can l thank Thee Lord Jesus. I will call upon Thy Holy Name and Glorify Thee. I will exalt Thy Blessed Holy Name, I will testify to the whole world for what you have done for me. I will strive to do your Holy Will in your glory. I will testify your wonderous deed to all. l will shout your Mighty Name to the world and testify to them how Good you have been to me. Thank you Sacred Heart of Jesus, Thank you Holy Mother Mary, Thank you Blesseds St. Joseph, St Anthony, St Jude, St Peregrine, St Ann, St Bernadette, St Faustina , St Catherine, St Teressa, St Maria Goretti, St. Margaret, St Thomas, St. Padre Pio, and All you Saints and Angels for interceding on my behalf to the Almighty God. Please continue to pray and intercede on my behalf for strength and healing and for God’s amazing Grace upon me, my son, mother, brothers and sisters and all my loved ones. Please do not leave God’s side until He hears your cries.
Please God bless my son Christopher with a God fearing spouse and please help, protect and guide him in all his ways and his employment. Please God keep his heart close to Yours.
Please Lord Jesus forgive my sins, fill me with your Holy Spirit, encircle me with your Holy Ghost Fire, wash me with your Precious Blood, Heal me with your Stripes, guard, strengthen, guide and protect me, my son Christopher, mother Margaret, brothers and sisters and all my loved ones from all evil and the devil who is prowling around us to ruin our souls.
Let your Superhuman St. Michael the Archangel and all your Angels and Saints guard, protect and defend us from the devil, satan the evil spirit. Let the devil and his followers dinah, fall into the bottom of their own pit trap that they have dug for us and please let them RISE NO MORE.
Please God Bless me, my son Christopher, mother Margaret, brothers and sisters; P, D, F, M, JB, E,Y,N,E,J and all my loved ones and friends with good health and everlasting life and please grant us a piece of your Kingdom.
Lord l entrust into your loving care all the clergys, the Pope; Francis, Benedict, Bishops, Fathers, Deacons, nuns, friars, brothers, monks, all your Holy Churches and Apostolic churches and Her members, the prayer warriors, the sick and the dying, the destitute, the barren, expectant mothers and unborn babies, children, Baby Isaac Lehman the old, the young, the poor, the orphan, the widow and the widower, the prisoners, the persecuted ones for your sake, the lonely, the blind, mute, deaf, the crippled, the homeless, the jobless, travelers the mourners and all this earth’s exile our needs and worries into your loving hands and care,
Please Lord have pity and mercy on us and please love us
Lord please be in our midst where there is war, disaster and calamities and grant us your Peace, protection, grace, deliverance and mercy. Have pity on us please Lord Jesus Christ and sanctify our souls for in Thee do we trust and believe. In your WORD we trust and depend on. Please God, do not allow the devil to defeat, shame and laugh at us. Please Lord Jesus listen to the prayers and needs of all those who are calling upon your name and your mercy and please hear and answer our prayers according to Thy Will.
Please Lord Bless and guide us at all times and please do not leave our side as we strive to do your Holy Will and please God direct our paths to your Ways.
Please Lord bestow your perfect peace and eternal rest upon all the faithfully departed souls including my father Joseph, grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, nieces, nephew Marfo , friends and all my loved ones. Please Lord grant them a piece of your Kingdom with your Saints and Angels in Heaven
Thank you Lord Jesus. Thy will be done. Amen
Edith, 2/5/2018 - Request prayers for my mother Carolyn Wahrer to recover from hip surgery. To come out of anesthesia, regain her memory, regain her strength and completely heal. I pray for her to live a happy and healthy life. Thank You.
Sabrina, 2/5/2018 - Please Lord protect Jason and the others he lives with at home for the severely disabled from the flu and any other sickness going around. We rely on your great love and mercy. In the name of Jesus I pray and give thanks.
Michelle, 2/5/2018 - DEAR PAPA GOD , THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND SORRY FOR MY SINS I COMMIT . PAPA GOD I SURRENDER MYSELF TO YOU EVERYTHING IN ME .
Ingie, 2/5/2018 - My baby is healthy after having two miscarriages and finding out that baby is measuring less then where the baby should be at this time. Pray that the heartbeat is heard at my next doctors appointment.
Jes, 2/5/2018 - Please pray for my father in law who has recently been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He is currently undergoing extensive studies to determine the level and if it can be removed safely. We are all devasted and I ask for the communities prayers please. God works in mysterious ways and we hope that your prayers will help our family during this difficult time. Thank you for your time and prayers
Moni, 2/5/2018 - For my daughter-in-law who 7 months pregnant is very sick possibly flue to protect not only Carmen(in-law) but her expecting baby.....thank you and God Bless
Kevin, 2/5/2018 - Please pray for my granddaughter she is driving from North Carolina to Arizona with her 3 children pray that they get here safety and her car holds up and she doesn't run out of money. She needs Gods Wisdom and guidance .God Bless Thank you
Della, 2/5/2018 - Please pray for my granddaughter she is driving from North Carolina to Arizona with her 3 children pray that they get here safety and her car holds up and she doesn't run out of money. She needs Gods Wisdom and guidance .God Bless Thank you
Della, 2/5/2018 - Iv been having marriage problems my husband told me he wAnts to leave me iv been trying to get a job and haven't been able to get a job I love my husband I want to work out are marriage for my husband not to leave me and for my husband and me to be able to get pregnant if had three miscarriages we need. Trying to
Have a baby this couple years and haven't been able to get pregnant please I need a miracle prayer for my marriage and for my family
Marisol, 2/5/2018 - Even though we are divorced please pray the Holy Spirit move Aprils heart mind soul and life to turn and seek the healing and restoration of our marriage and that I get the other job and a car and Nancy find someone and my medical military retirement go smoothly and quickly that I begin a life of service to God, and that I be able to get back into school.
Tom, 2/5/2018 - Please pray for Claudia. She has got an exam on Thursday and she is very anxious. Let her pass it.
M, 2/5/2018 - May our Lord protect us from serious illness like the flu. For peace and healing.
Bill, 2/5/2018
- may I please you forever!
cr fox, 2/5/2018 - Please pray for my son Paul Anthony. He is a wonderful loving young man but I ask for you to pray for him to keep him safe. I've been in bed for 2 days worried for him. I asked God to keep him safe and I humbly ask for your prayers. Thank you, God Bless everyone.
Lisa, 2/5/2018 - June tried to get up to help her husband Dick and fell. She has head injuries and several other over her body. Dick has died. Their niece Joanne is flying out to help June and has been taking care of them. Please pray for all of them as well as June's brothers that God will give them peace and comfort.
June, Dick, Joanne, 2/5/2018 - Dear GOD, Please intervene with your powers and help me and my kids SAVE our home+++
GRACE, 2/5/2018 - I pray for courage to settle my unfinished matters in the past to enable me to move forward and use my life to serve God more dutifully.
Bernadette, 2/5/2018 - Requesting your most powerful and anointed prayers for Fr. Yesudas who has stage 4 cancer. It started as pancreatic cancer and has now spread everywhere. Kindly pray for a miraculous healing, if it be God's Will for him 🙠in Jesus' name.
Jane, 2/5/2018 - My friend Mat has skin cancer. He went six months ago to get a spot looked at. The doctor was not thorough. He went to a different doctor two weeks ago. They did a biopsy and it’s cancer. Pray for healing and peace.
Michelle , 2/5/2018 - Please lord in the name of Jesus Christ, aid the lady dealing with my money problem to see only good in me and give me a positive outcome, so I may find peace from this constant worry. amen
michelle, 2/5/2018 - LORD please heal daina,
please take away her sickness and make her healthy once again.
please let no one have any objection about our relationship . please let everyone guide and support us.
derwin, 2/5/2018 - O my God. Help me to all my problems that i have. Please Protect my Father In Ship Cause he's working so hard for us. Also to my families Protect And Give us more blessings. To my Mom She is the Best And Most Powerful person on mine. She save my life. So please God Give her Lots of blessings.To my Grandma And Grandpa Help them to Live longer and Healthier Give them lots if blessings they treat me alot. To my Friends Give them some Blessings I know we're not families by blood but we're families By Heart God Give them alot of your Blessings!!!To My Relatives Give them blessings too. To All These People God Protect them And Give another chance. And Also to my Love ones I know You didn't Know i have feelings on you But God please Help me to Reach a person that i love beacause I want to experience.I want to buy things that i want and i would share it.I just want to cope my anxiety and depression Make me better. And that's it amen
Natasha, 2/5/2018 - Please pray for my brother in law Wayne who has had a massive stroke a week ago and complications keep him from moving forward. Dear Lord Jesus and St Jude please help remove the pain and stroke from my brother in law Wayne's body. thank you Amen
DIANNE, 2/5/2018 - Dear GOD 1st let me start by saying thank u 4 all that u have given to me. God I am praying 4 great favor and acceleration. GOD I ask that u take contarl of thgis day and shine your light onto the prospects I will speak to. U told me to ask big and bold so I am asking that the conv I have w my ny doc signs and my conv from ca signs please give me these 2 sakles for feb. U told me to ask and expect big so I am asking that u allow me to bill 1 million dollars foe 2018. I know that this looks like a miracle now but u r in the miracle business. Just let me plastic surgery arm EXPLODE please give DR Bruno massive success let him book a consult for everyperson in the room let him make 200k off of the new patients he gets. I am counting on him to make my name so PLEASE let his event ROCK!!! Restore my income bk to 80 k this year of 2018. Just let me have massive success starting today w 2 new sales. Thank u GOD 4 keeping your promise. In JESUS name I claim it and so it is
Jeana, 2/5/2018 - Thank you,Lord, for severing CJ's ties with Diana. She is mentally unstable and has threatened him harm. Please Lord, let her fall away from his life without incident or repercussions. Remove her from his path forever. Lift him up and bring more Godly, supportive, and loving friends into his life. Bring him a girlfriend with like beliefs and values. Lord, thank you for sparing my son the disaster that could have ruined his life. Please, don't let it ever come back to haunt him, in Your Precious and Holy Name. Blessed Mother, wrap your mantle around him, lift him up to the Face of your Son. Bathe him in His precious Blood and wash him in Our Lord's tears. I place the Blood of the Cross on my lips that this prayer reaches Our Father cleansed and purified that He may return them renewed and restored to His Perfection. In The Son's, Our Lord's, Precious and Holy Name. Amen!!!
Dear Lord, if it is Your Will for my son, CJ, to go into the military, please help him do it for Your Glory and bring him honor. I'm so afraid, Lord. I know our soldiers really do a heroic and wonderful thing for our country and freedom. They all come back so wounded and broken. Walk with him, Lord, and bring him back in one piece, body, mind, and spirit. Lord, I pray for Your Will to be done, as always. Bless and keep my son in Your Adorable Arms, cradle him always in that love that never ends. In Your Precious and Holy Name. Amen!!!
Cassandra, 2/5/2018 - Dear Lord, I pray for the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. Please, Lord, allow him to run the country with honesty, integrity, and fairness. Help Congress surpass their agenda of opposing him for the sake of opposition and help them come together for the good of the country. Lord, please help him bring our country back to greatness. Help him overturn Obama's legacy of bad policy and legislation. Lord, our country needs a miracle. Bring the light of God into this new administration. May the Blessed Mother, wrap her mantle around everyone in Government, Congress, and the President's cabinet. Bring us peace, joy, and prosperity, In Your Precious and Holy Name. Amen!!!Please Lord, put an end to the Anti-Trump movement (it's a movement solely motivated by hate, Lord) in this country which only serves to hurt the country and the things the President and his administration wish to accomplish!
Dear Lord, please, help the Trump administration (his family) overcome the investigation into the Russian hacking... help what they have found amount to nothing that can distract and hinder the President's agenda. Please, Lord, allow him to govern wisely, honestly, and with integrity. Please let Congress unite in a just and honest governing of our country. Allow all the good our President has already done to come out and overshadow the minutia that seems to have overtaken what is really important. Please, Lord, for the sake of our country and it's restoration to greatness, help the President do his job well and without opposition. Amen!!!
Thank you, Lord, that our trip was a success, with so many moments of grace and blessings. In Your Precious and Holy Name, Lord!!! Please continue to bless and grace our friendships that our hearts will always be united, strengthen our friendships, Lord! In Your Precious and Holy Name. Amen!!!
Dear Lord, Please receive my son, CJ, at the Foot of Your Cross. I place Your Blood that was spilled on the ground on my lips, that it may not go wasted but instead purify my lips as my prayers float up to the Throne of Our Father. I thank you for the healing he received when he was released from the "stronghold" on his heart. Please continue the healing to full restoration of his hope and trust in You, and bring him to the fullness of Your Love. Please, Lord, he still has desires of joining the military. If it is not within Your Will for him, please remove these desires and replace them with Your Will on his life; that he may fulfill Your purpose for him. Lord, I am afraid. I do not want to see him go off to this futile war of evils. I place this prayer at the Foot of Your Cross, that it may be cleansed and purified before it reaches the Throne of Our Father; that the Father may return them renewed and restored. Please, Lord, bring CJ the desire to pursue a career in law enforcement to fruition. Bring him the tools, resources, and perseverance to bring his desires to completion, if it is Your Will, Lord. Replace his desire for the military with his desire to serve in the FBI. Lord, if it is Your Will. I place CJ in Your merciful and loving arms. Bring him peace, joy, and prosperity. Help him to live a life dedicated to fulfillment of his purpose and commitment to his faith. In Your Precious and Holy Name. Blessed Mother, wrap him in your mantle and be with him always throughout his journey. Amen!!!
Cassandra, 2/5/2018 - Please, Lord, I ask that you please bring light and love to Congress. Help them come together for the countries sake. I don't think any of them really care. The President is trying and the hate and disrespect directed at him, by the media and the left is hindering what he wants to accomplish. Please lift the President, Lord, he gets so much ugliness, negativity, and evil, how can he overcome it. He can't we need to pray for him. Pray for Congress that they do the right thing, for the good of the country and not their self-imposed agenda. Don't let us lose the majority come this election period. Your Will be done, Lord. We need a miracle to bring our country back to greatness. There is so much division and evil, by people on all sides. Lift our country, Lord. In Your Precious and Holy Name. Amen!!!
Dear Lord, please, if it is Your Will that I should meet someone else to share my life, please, Lord, make him kind, caring, compassionate, loving, funny, and generous. May we share the same beliefs and values. If You choose to let me live out my life singly, please, give me the resources and energy to continue to live my life in service to you, Lord. I do get lonely sometimes, Lord, but then you know that, don't You? Blessed Mother, help me be a good mother to my son. Help me make his life with me a blessing, that will lift him up and not drag him down... until such time as the Lord sees fit to send him out on his own... In Your Precious and Holy Name, I pray, Lord. Amen!!!
Cassandra, 2/5/2018
- Father I ask that you restore my friendship with Alexandra Rivera. She does not pick up my calls due to some harsh words I said. Thank You Amen
jose, 2/5/2018 - For my wife to regain her speech and recover from her stroke. For the relationship between our family. For our marriage. For our grandson Brandon illness. For our son, his family and all his issues.
Joe, 2/5/2018 - Dearest Lord, I praise the sacred heart of Jesus. I myself am without hope now and I beg that the words come...the words I need to say to put the problems right. Please pray for me in these matters, good Saints, for you are known for your powerful prayers worldwide. Please pray for me. praise the sacred heart of Jesus and in the name of the Holy Spirit, amen x x x
A, 2/5/2018 - Dear Lord, please help me pass the Florida Bar Exam! Please guide my studies. Give me peace of mind and remove my anxiety. Thank you! Amen
Meg, 2/5/2018 - Please pray that Eldon passes his Licencing & Engineering exams.
MARIA, 2/5/2018
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