praying together
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20For wherever two or three are gathered in my name, there am I, in their midst.”
19Again I say to you, that if two of those among you have agreed on earth, about anything whatsoever that they have requested, it shall be done for them by my Father, who is in heaven.
16Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be saved. For the unremitting prayer of a just person prevails over many things.
19Again I say to you, that if two of those among you have agreed on earth, about anything whatsoever that they have requested, it shall be done for them by my Father, who is in heaven. 20For wherever two or three are gathered in my name, there am I, in their midst.”
11Because of this, console one another and build up one another, just as you are doing.
14and if my people, over whom my name has been invoked, being converted, will have petitioned me and sought my face, and will have done penance for their wicked ways, then I will heed them from heaven, and I will forgive their sins, and I will heal their land.
14Is anyone ill among you? Let him bring in the priests of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15And a prayer of faith will save the infirm, and the Lord will alleviate him. And if he has sins, these will be forgiven him.
12in hope, rejoicing; in tribulation, enduring; in prayer, ever-willing;
2Pursue prayer. Be watchful in prayer with acts of thanksgiving.
5So may the God of patience and solace grant you to be of one mind toward one another, in accord with Jesus Christ, 6so that, together with one mouth, you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
42Now they were persevering in the doctrine of the Apostles, and in the communion of the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers.
37For no word will be impossible with God.”
5But if anyone among you is in need of wisdom, let him petition God, who gives abundantly to all without reproach, and it shall be given to him.
11And you are assisting, with your prayers for us, so that from many persons, by that which is a gift in us, thanks may be given through many persons, because of us.