{"id":16089,"date":"2015-04-10T01:01:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T06:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2015\/04\/10\/what-is-intercessory-prayer\/"},"modified":"2015-03-12T05:08:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T10:08:01","slug":"what-is-intercessory-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cancaonova.com\/catholicismanew\/2015\/04\/10\/what-is-intercessory-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"What is intercessory prayer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content-post\">\n<article id=\"post-23891\" class=\"post-23891 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-artigos category-informativos\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> <strong>Learn the power of intercessory prayer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> The word &#8220;intervene&#8221; can be understood as the act of someone who intervenes and, therefore, it is &#8220;interchange&#8221;.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> The intercessor plays the defensive role, as a lawyer, a fight, trying to promote reconciliation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> To illustrate, I report of a painful personal experience: in high school where he studied, there was a boy with very effeminate traits.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Because of their fragility, many boys harassed him.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> At the end of a day of school, when we left the school, there were some kids to &#8220;get him&#8221;, and we, colleagues, we knew that their intention was not good.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> The boy, of course, tried to escape, but the boys used physical force, pulling him by the arm to get him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cboxElement\" title=\"What is intercessory prayer?\" href=\"http:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/especiais\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/02\/Quaresma-tempo-de-se-decidir-pelo-Senhor1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"lightbox[23891]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23707\" src=\"http:\/\/img.cancaonova.com\/cnimages\/especiais\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/02\/Quaresma-tempo-de-se-decidir-pelo-Senhor1.jpg\" alt=\"Lent, a time of deciding for the Lord!\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> As he was also thin, he did not have the physical capacity against the strength of those evildoers, and my heart broke when I imagined what they would do with the poor boy.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> My will was to put me in the middle, to intervene in the situation, to use my strength to ward off those boys and protect the boy, standing in front of him.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> The problem was that, at that time, I had no courage or physical strength, therefore, could not solve anything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> Intercession is essentially an attitude.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Faced with the need of that boy, my desire was to put myself between him and his enemies, preventing confrontation.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> This is the attitude of intercessor: someone who stands in the middle, which involves running the risk that pays the price.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> Certainly at that time if I put myself in front of the boys I would get punched and kicked &#8211; and whoever is the intercessor receives the same.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> I would come home with scars and bruises, but victorious, happy to not have allowed that confrontation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> Intercession is a fight with enemies.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> What those kids wanted to do with the boy is very little when compared to what the enemy wants to do with Christians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> This report is to illustrate the role of &#8220;intercessor&#8221; because our perception is small when we think of its function.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> The intercessor prostrates himself before the Lord and pray, but not only that.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Undoubtedly, prayer is the most important condition, but it is critical that we understand what should be the true attitude of the intercessor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> The intercessor is someone who &#8220;moves to the middle&#8221;, noting that the verb itself &#8220;move&#8221; makes us suppose the action of someone who is moved by the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> In the situation of my childhood, my will was shouting: &#8220;- No!<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> This boy you do not take!<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\">You can hit me, hurt, but this boy you do not take. &#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"notranslate\"> This is the attitude of intercessor: so your heart is touched by another situation that arises in the middle.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> Bringing the explanation for our everyday life, the intercessor, before the necessity of another person stands between God and the person and plays the role of attorney.<\/span> Like in front of<span class=\"notranslate\"> a jury: the defendant cannot and must not say anything, he should just remain silent, as his spokesman is his lawyer who can and know how to talk.<\/span> <span class=\"notranslate\"> We arrive , however, at the conclusion that, as intercessors, we do not know the place and or how to defend the other person, that is, we do not know what to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Monsignor Jonas Abib<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/padrejonas.cancaonova.com\/informativos\/o-que-e-oracao-de-intercessao\/\">Portuguese version<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn the power of intercessory prayer The word &#8220;intervene&#8221; can be understood as the act of someone who intervenes and, therefore, it is &#8220;interchange&#8221;. The intercessor plays the defensive role, as a lawyer, a fight, trying to promote reconciliation. 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