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Welease Woderwick

Sister Incubus Nightmare
# 10424

Posted

Holding us all in the living, loving Light - and particularly remembering all schoolchildren and their teachers here in Kerala as the new schools academic year starts today.

[Votive]

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Mary LA
Shipmate
# 17040

Posted

for Telepath's continued funding and employment and her prayer ministry; for Telemum

[Votive]

for all schoolchildren and teachers in Kerala, prayers for the new school year in Kerala as requested by WW

[Votive]

for all those dealing with fractious or ill animal companions

[Votive]

for those dead or wounded in Pakistan, and those killed in the plane crash in Nigeria, for the repose of their souls and comfort for those who grieve them

[Votive]

for the repose of the soul of a friend who died of alcoholism this weekend and for healing and peace for all those who grieve him

[Votive]

for all those who feel trapped in addiction

[Votive]

for those who are struggling in abusive or exploitative workplaces, that they might find justice or better places to work

[ 04. June 2012, 09:34: Message edited by: Mary LA ]

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― Muriel Spark

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Spiffy
Ship's WonderSheep
# 5267

Posted

My grandmother died this morning.

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Tree Bee

Ship's tiller girl
# 4033

Posted

So sorry Spiffy. [Votive]

For those in mourning. [Votive]

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Lyda*Rose

Ship's broken porthole
# 4544

Posted

May light perpetual shine upon her, Spiffy, and may the light of her life continue to shine in your heart. [Votive]

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Raptor Eye
Shipmate
# 16649

Posted

For Spiffy, for all who have been bereaved recently or at this time of the year, and for the loved ones who have died: Lord, hold us close, embrace us in your eternal light. Amen.

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Malin

Shipmate
# 11769

Posted

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Scots lass
Shipmate
# 2699

Posted

My wee niece is in hospital - some sort of vomiting bug which isn't going away. They're doing tests and she's on a drip so doing a bit better with some fluids, but she's only two. Prayers for her and her parents (her mum is with her, my brother is at home with their 4 year old) appreciated.

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Meg the Red
Shipmate
# 11838

Posted

For Spiffy and family
[Votive]

For my wonderful friend A, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer
[Votive]

For the wee niece to get better quickly

[ 04. June 2012, 22:26: Message edited by: Meg the Red ]

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Telepath
Ship's Steamer Trunk
# 3534

Posted

For all schoolchildren and their teachers in Kerala as the academic year starts today.

Ah, continued funding, how I crave it. Right away please! For the Telemum.

For those dead or wounded in Pakistan, and those killed in the plane crash in Nigeria, for the repose of their souls and comfort for those who grieve them.

For the repose of the soul of Mary LA's friend, and for healing and peace for all those who grieve him.

For Spiffy and all who will miss her grandmother.

For healing for Scots lass's niece. For Scots brother, the 4-year-old, and Scots sister-in-law.

For Meg the Red's A, for healing.

For me not to let petty irritations get the better of me. For retaining control over my habits.

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Enigma

Enigma
# 16158

Posted

Praying for all as I have read. [Votive]

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Who knows? Only God!

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jedijudy

Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333

Posted

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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.

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saysay

Ship's Praying Mantis
# 6645

Posted

for all

For me, for guidance and knowledge of the right things to do in this situation. Also I'd really like certain stuff that certain people have back.

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Welease Woderwick

Sister Incubus Nightmare
# 10424

Posted

Holding us all in the living, loving Light.

[Votive]

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Huia
Shipmate
# 3473

Posted

Please pray for A and her husband. A is one of Dad's carers and they were involved in a car crsh over Queen's Birthday Weekend.

Huia

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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
# 4927

Posted

So sorry t hear this, Spiffy. [Votive]

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Mamacita

Lakefront liberal
# 3659

Posted

quote:
Originally posted by Spiffy:
My grandmother died this morning.

Deepest sympathies, Spiffy. You've posted about her before and it seems she was an important part of your life. May she rest in peace and rise in glory, and may God comfort you in your grief.

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Wesley J

Silly Shipmate
# 6075

Posted

So sorry, Spiffy! [Axe murder]

May she rest in peace and rise in glory.

[Votive]

for all.

Lord, in your great mercy, hear our prayer. Amen.

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Mary LA
Shipmate
# 17040

Posted

Spiffy, so sorry for your loss. Prayers for the repose of your grandmother's soul and comfort for all who loved her

[Votive]

prayers for Huia's A and her husband recovering from a car accident

[Votive]

gratitude for answered prayers

[Votive]

for funding and continued employment for Telepath, for more self-control and equanimity of spirit. Prayers too for Telemum.

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“I often wonder if we were all characters in one of God's dreams.”
― Muriel Spark

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Mary LA
Shipmate
# 17040

Posted

Watched a somewhat inept beacon lighting experiment in Cape Town last night. A 12-gun salute was fired at the East Fort in Hout Bay yesterday and a flotilla of Royal Cape Yacht Club boats sailed into the Victoria Basin while the Cape Town Highlanders marched through the Waterfront. Very low-key.

Very taken with that burnished Winged Victory of Samothrace at the Jubilee concert. And Grace Jones keeping the hula hoop going.

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― Muriel Spark

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Gee D
Shipmate
# 13815

Posted

quote:
Originally posted by Spiffy:
My grandmother died this morning.

Prayers for your grandmother and peace be hers in the eternal light of the Risen Lord; comfort for those who grieve her. From the 3 of us.

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Mary LA
Shipmate
# 17040

Posted

Posted Jubilee trivia in the wrong place, sorry.

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“I often wonder if we were all characters in one of God's dreams.”
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agrgurich
Shipmate
# 5724

Posted

for all

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AJG

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Chamois
Shipmate
# 16204

Posted

Please pray for my friend E and all her family. Her father has died, and although it was in some ways a merciful release E's mother cannot get her head around it. They had been married more than 60 years.

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JoannaP
Shipmate
# 4493

Posted

Please pray for my mother and me; today I have moved into my new flat after living with her for 5 weeks. It was a (surprisingly to me) pleasant time and she will miss me. Meanwhile, it feels very odd moving into a rented flat again...

Prayers also please that Figbash and I can work out staying married while living apart - and that I will balance doing my own thing while not neglecting either husband or mother [Help]

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Telepath
Ship's Steamer Trunk
# 3534

Posted

For saysay, for guidance and knowledge of the right things to do, and for people to return her stuff.

For Huia's A and her husband.

For Chamois' E and her mother.

For JoannaP, her mother, and Figbash.

If somebody doesn't approve something I'll be obligated to go on a rampage. I am not in the mood for a rampage.

For me to do an amazing job tomorrow. Amazing in the way that elicits more funding. Which I still don't have. Lord show me the way.

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Take emptiness and lying speech far from me, and do not give me poverty or wealth. Give me a living sufficient for me.

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Scots lass
Shipmate
# 2699

Posted

Wee niece is home and much better. She should be 100% in a couple of days - thanks folks.

[Votive]

for all, and thank you Lord for the Ship and all who sail in her, it really is a blessing to know people will pray for you.

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Malin

Shipmate
# 11769

Posted

Our rescue cat has been released ahead of schedule by a guest. Cold and rainy and I'm scared he won't come back. Please could T come home safely.

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'Is it a true bird or is it something that exists within a-'
'It's a thing that is,' said Granny sharply. 'Don't go spilling allegory all down your shirt.' Terry Pratchett

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Mrs Shrew

Ship's Mother
# 8635

Posted

So sorry for your loss Spiffy. May she rest in peace and rise in glory, and may you all be comforted in your grief.

Praying for all as I read

I start the new job tomorrow. I am a bit nervous but also excited.

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Was "mummyfrances".

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Malin

Shipmate
# 11769

Posted

You people pray hard! He's safely back inside. Very thankful. Malinette would have been heartbroken.

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'Is it a true bird or is it something that exists within a-'
'It's a thing that is,' said Granny sharply. 'Don't go spilling allegory all down your shirt.' Terry Pratchett

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Welease Woderwick

Sister Incubus Nightmare
# 10424

Posted

Holding us all in the living, loving Light.

[Votive]

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Churchy LaFemme
Shipmate
# 11884

Posted

For all here.
[Votive]

Extremely tired lately. It doesn't seem to be from lack of sleep, and my doctor has checked me out OK, so I'm praying for a spontaneous recovery.
[Votive]

For me to get my message (about "taking responsibility now that you are adults" etc. etc.) across to my students without yelling or throwing something.
[Votive]

For a message I'm waiting for.

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Bear and forbear (for a total of five bears).

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Lamb Chopped
Ship's kebab
# 5528

Posted

Please for C, who is in iffy partial remission from stage 4 cancer that had spread from uterus to lungs. The doctors don't know whether what they are seeing now is cancer still there or just scar tissue. And won't until if (God forbid) it starts growing again.

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Amazing Grace

High Church Protestant
# 95

Posted

((Spiffy and Clan Sheep))

Moneymoneymoney for Telepath.

Requesting prayers for my friend J.C., a true friend and devoted servant to the poorest of the poor in this town, a man who is truly doing God's work on the street. He has kidney stones and no health insurance. Prayers would be appreciated for remission of pain, soon, and a lead in to free or really cheap surgery so this won't put him back in the hospital again.

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Golden Key
Shipmate
# 1468

Posted

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Blessed Gator, pray for us!
--"Oh bat bladders, do you have to bring common sense into this?" (Dragon, "Jane & the Dragon")
--"Oh, Peace Train, save this country!" (Yusuf/Cat Stevens, "Peace Train")

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To The Pain
Shipmate
# 12235

Posted

Reading and praying.

Flying south for my grandfather's funeral tomorrow. Feeling odd. Prayers please that there will be time to mourn properly, that seeing family will be a source of refreshing and that my grandmother would understand what is going on.

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Mary LA
Shipmate
# 17040

Posted

asking for prayers for my friend Jan with breast cancer as she begins a series of surgical procedures

[Votive]

for Churchy LaFemme to get her mojo back and communicate 'taking responsibility' to her students, for the awaited message to arrive

[Votive]

for lamb Chopped's C to be healed, that the remission may be full recovery

[Votive]

for Amazing Grace's JC, that he might have his needed operation for kidney stones

[Votive]

for To The Pain at her grandfather's funeral, for her grandmother and all the family

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Adrienne
Shipmate
# 2334

Posted

I asked for prayer up-thread for S's Mum, who was in a serious car accident. The good news is she is going to be OK - lots of procedures done and a long road to recovery, but positive. Thank you all.

Prayers please for P - her husband has a short time left it seems, and she will be devastated. [Votive]

Praying for all [Votive]

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Mad Cat
Shipmate
# 9104

Posted

Please pray..... I have to leave the flat by the end of July, and am getting myself stressed about it. I'm fearful of being lonely, of ending up somewhere bad, of not being able to manage the money. I miss my friend who I originally shared with. My new job is a 45 minute commute from town, so I could move further away. I could see if I could get a place on my own, but having company is good for me.

I have faith that God will provide and will guide me [Votive]

But I am feeling pretty [Tear]

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Jemima the 9th
Shipmate
# 15106

Posted

Praying for all.

I'm right at the end of pregnancy now [Yipee]

which is wonderful as well as a bit scary. Please pray that no3 arrives safe and well.

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Tree Bee

Ship's tiller girl
# 4033

Posted

Praying through [Votive]

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Yerevan
Shipmate
# 10383

Posted

Praying through

Baby Yerevan's sleep improved last night, but he's already woken frequently tonight and we're both beyond exhausted, plus anxiety over it has set my insomnia off again. There doesn't seem to anything wrong with him bar an inability to settle into a deep sleep. It seems like such a small thing compared with some of the issues people here are dealing with, but
prayers for lots of sleep would be appreciated.

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Yerevan
Shipmate
# 10383

Posted

PS He has now been asleep for a whole SEVENTY minutes (thats more than one sleep cycle for those of us who know far too much about baby sleep [Razz]

). Fingers crossed...

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Fr Raphael
Apprentice
# 17131

Posted

For a life sentenced gay man as he gets closer to release, and feels very isolated.

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Telepath
Ship's Steamer Trunk
# 3534

Posted

For Mad Cat to find a great place to live, with good company.

For the safe arrival of jemima 9.3.

For baby yerevan to keep sleeping.

For the life sentenced gay man known to Fr Raphael.

Ah, funding, how I need it. We are just about to break into the lucrative Kazakh market. You would think that would count for something. I also need to get a ton of work done before my meeting tomorrow or have egg on my face, at a time when I especially need not to have egg on my face.

For the Telemum who has accepted another day's work tomorrow and maybe Friday, and feels she's taken on too much. She has only just gone to bed and has to get up at five. For her safety and good health.

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Take emptiness and lying speech far from me, and do not give me poverty or wealth. Give me a living sufficient for me.

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saysay

Ship's Praying Mantis
# 6645

Posted

for all

For me, for guidance and wisdom in knowing who to talk to and what to say during this last difficult stretch. And that things may somehow work out even though it's a long shot.

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"It's been a long day without you, my friend
I'll tell you all about it when I see you again"
"'Oh sweet baby purple Jesus' - that's a direct quote from a 9 year old - shoutout to purple Jesus."

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Welease Woderwick

Sister Incubus Nightmare
# 10424

Posted

Holding us all in the living, loving Light.

[Votive]

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Gee D
Shipmate
# 13815

Posted

quote:
Originally posted by Yerevan:
Praying through

Baby Yerevan's sleep improved last night, but he's already woken frequently tonight and we're both beyond exhausted, plus anxiety over it has set my insomnia off again. There doesn't seem to anything wrong with him bar an inability to settle into a deep sleep. It seems like such a small thing compared with some of the issues people here are dealing with, but
prayers for lots of sleep would be appreciated.

Yerevan, you should go and see your obstetrician and paediatrician very soon. People assume that a mother can easily feed her new-born, but it's not as simply as that. Quite often, there's just not enough milk to satisfy the little one; this leads to waking after a short sleep and crying. That in turn leads to an anxious and overtired mother, who produces even less milk, and so on. That may be what's happening here. The sooner the problem of lack of sleeping is checked out and addressed, the better for all of you.

And prayers for me also please - I had a short procedure yesterday, very straightforward and came back home this morning to recuperate over the long weekend. I've got quite a bit of discomfort.

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Golden Key
Shipmate
# 1468

Posted

For a friend facing serious health problems.

For me: health flare-ups, general shoring up, and wisely working out some personal matters.

Thanks! [Smile]