10.5281/ZENODO.4064485
Karimundackal, Thomas
Thomas
Karimundackal
Papal Seminary, Pune, India
Praying for Others: How Does It Affect Us?
Zenodo
2020
Intercessory prayer
Prayer of intercession
Child-like trust
Dostoevsky
Coronavirus
2020-04-07
en
Journal article
https://zenodo.org/record/4064485
10.5281/zenodo.4064484
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<p>Every call and message that I receive these days end with a request,<br>
“please pray for me/us.” The pandemic situation of corona is<br>
everywhere, and people live in terrible fear and anxiety. What is my<br>
role in this epidemic situation when I keep myself ‘secured’ from<br>
the unhealthy surroundings? My act could be justified as a lawful<br>
citizen to abide the directives of the civil authority. However, when<br>
thousands of people live in fright and fretfulness, is it really<br>
justifiable? Given my situation, what else can I do? It is here the<br>
request to pray for others reverberates in my ears. Can I take<br>
‘praying for others’ as a mission? What is the meaning of<br>
intercession? Is prayer of intercession theologically sound? Is<br>
prayer of intercession intelligible? This short reflection tries to<br>
answer these questions by taking Jesus’ prayer in Lk 10:21 as a<br>
foundation. </p>