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- Dictionaryintercede/ˌɪntəˈsiːd/
verb
- 1. intervene on behalf of another: "I prayed that she would intercede for us"
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3 days ago · In the culture of the Church, Michael is often accompanied by his two fellow archangels — Sts. Gabriel and Raphael — with the three forming a phalanx of protection, healing, and petition for those who ask for their intercession. The Church celebrates the three archangels with a joint feast day on Sept. 29.
3 days ago · In Jeremiah 15:1 God states, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people …” This presupposes that Moses and Samuel intercede in heaven for people on earth.
5 days ago · saint, holy person, believed to have a special relationship to the sacred as well as moral perfection or exceptional teaching abilities. The phenomenon is widespread in the religions of the world, both ancient and contemporary.
3 days ago · By your Immaculate Conception, O Mary conceived without sin, we humbly beseech you from the bottom of our heart to intercede for us with your Divine Son and ask that we be granted the favor for which we now plead…
1 day ago · Depending on the tradition, God can be viewed as a personal God who is only to be invoked directly while other traditions allow praying to intermediaries, such as saints, to intercede on their behalf.
5 days ago · “Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them” (Hebrews 7:25). This eternal intercession is a hallmark of Jesus’ superior priesthood.
5 days ago · When we intercede for people or places—whether we know what we are praying for or not—we stake ourselves to them and work with the Holy Spirit to remove what doesn't belong there. Dutch Sheets goes into this in detail in his book Intercessory Prayer.
