Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Apostolate or Prayer for Those Contemplating Suicide?

I was wondering if such a thing were possible, and if it is, how does one go about getting other people to do it.

Here's the deal. Even though I have twice been tempted to the point of suicide, I never came close because of Faith. I can't say it was my faith in particular, but Faith within me would not allow it.

What about those without Faith?

I don't know the total number of suicides, world wide, each day, but I intend to find out. As I sat in the Abbey Church on Sunday, 20 April 2008, it became abundantly clear to me that those people who were at the edge of suicide needed someone to pray for them and pray for them a lot. Meaning many times a day, meaning doing serious meditation and prayer.

So far it seems to be a mission for me, my own personal apostolate. So far, because today before Mass at Nazareth I got the feeling that my prayers were good, but others needed to be involved in this Apostolate. It is like when Jesus was asked by his disciples why they could not cast out the demon, he told them, "This kind takes a great deal of prayer."

Well, it seems to me that to get enough prayer going to save at least one person a day from suicide, per person who is praying...that would be a miracle! I have a feeling I'll be talking more about this pretty soon.

1 comments:

  1. Hi, I'm not sure what you mean by being a mad Catholic Liberal, but I am grateful that you have at least offered to be available for those contemplating suicide or suffering from the devastation of having a loved one actually do so.

    My grandson's wife committed suicide last night, and I am searching for a Catholic site that deals lovingly with the situation. To my dismay there are few, and I am grateful to have found yours.

    You have the right idea, I just hope others join and help you grow!
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