First Posts for Perpetual Prayer Threads - Use These

**Catherine Grant** · #1 Jul 11, '07, 4:30 pm

Each of the perpetual prayer threads started here needs an approved first post which will explain the intention of the thread, the method of chosen prayer, and how to pray in it.

Please copy and paste the appropriate post below as the first post into any new perpetual prayer thread. If there is not an appropriate approved first post below, please contact the moderator by PM (check the drop down box under my name) to submit one.

All perpetual prayer threads started without the proper first post are subject to removal from the boards. Thank you for your help!

May God Bless You Abundantly,
Catherine

Jump to the first post for the following threads:
Rosary

Divine Mercy

Perpetual Prayer of Praise

Vocations Rosary

**Catherine Grant** · #2 Jul 11, '07, 4:31 pm

This is a community rosary thread for the needs of ALL forum members, their families, friends, and for ALL intentions placed in the Prayer Intentions Forum.

All members of the CAF community are invited and encouraged to pray with us whenever they wish. Please jump in! For an explanation on how often one may post in Prayer Intentions, please see here.

For an explanation of how to pray the rosary, please see here.
Please include at the top of each post which Mystery is being prayed as well as a count for which Hail Mary(s) you are praying within the decade.

The format that has been established for the perpetual rosary is as follows:

The Joyful Mysteries
The Luminous Mysteries
The Sorrowful Mysteries
The Glorious Mysteries

Optional Practices
The Fatima Prayer
Some people choose to include the Fatima Prayer at the end of each decade after the Glory Be. This is optional and depends on personal preference.

Pictures
New pictures may be placed at the start of each Mystery. Please be considerate of those on slow Internet connections and do not place pictures more frequently. When beginning a new Mystery just copy and paste the image from another already on the thread or you may choose one of your own. The images must be smaller than 400 pixels high and 400 pixels wide. They must also be appropriate for our participants who are as young as age 13, so no graphic imagery. Lastly, they must not pose a copyright concern. If in doubt, leave it out.

Posting Pictures & Attachments

Photo Editing Instructions

Personal Intentions
If you would like to make a very short list of personal intentions that are not included in the Prayer Intentions forum already, you may place it at the top or bottom of a post. Please do not repeat intentions or make long lists of intentions. Please do not explain the intention, either. Short, sweet, and to the point.

Thread Completion
All threads are closed at 1,000 posts to aid in searching as well as downloading. When a Mystery is completed close to the 1,000 post mark, do the following.

Open a new Rosary thread.
Place this same post as the first post in the new thread.
Go to the old thread and post a link to the new thread.
Use the PM or BPR feature to alert the moderator to the old thread that needs to be closed.
Start the new mystery in the new thread and continue praying.

Now that we've covered the basics, let's start praying. If any questions remain, please contact the forum moderator.

**Catherine Grant** · #3 Jul 11, '07, 4:32 pm

This is a community prayer thread offering the Divine Mercy Chaplet for ALL forum members, their families, friends, and for ALL intentions placed in the Prayer Intentions Forum, especially for those who are ill or dying.

We particularly pray for the lives of those unborn children threatened by abortion as well as their parents and all who procure or assist with or support abortion of the unborn, as well as victims or perpetuators of the culture of death in all its forms.

All members of the CAF community are invited and encouraged to pray with us whenever they wish. Please jump in! For an explanation on how often one may post in Prayer Intentions, please see here.

How To Post in the Divine Mercy Chaplet Thread
If you are wondering what the Divine Mercy Chaplet is or how to pray it, this thread might be of assistance:

What is Divine Mercy? How do I pray it?

Please include at the top of each decade post the decade number you are praying, such as “Decade One”, “Decade Two”, etc. There are a total of five decades per Chaplet.

Optional Practices
Opening Prayer
Some people include the opening prayer after the Sign of the Cross.

Closing Prayer
Some people include the closing prayer at the end of the Chaplet.

Jesus, I trust in you.
Some people include this prayer three times after the three "Holy God" prayers.

Pictures
New pictures may be placed at the start of each chaplet in the Our Father and/or Hail Mary. Please be considerate of those on slow Internet connections and do not place pictures more frequently. When beginning a new chaplet you may copy and paste the image from another already on the thread or you may choose one of your own. The images must be smaller than 400 pixels high and 400 pixels wide. They must also be appropriate for our participants who are as young as age 13, so no graphic imagery. Lastly, they must not pose a copyright concern. If in doubt, leave it out.

Posting Pictures & Attachments

Photo Editing Instructions

Personal Intentions
If you would like to make a very short list of personal intentions that are not included in the Prayer Intentions forum already, you may place it at the top or bottom of a post. Please do not repeat intentions or make long lists of intentions. Please do not explain the intention, either. Short, sweet, and to the point.

Thread Completion
All threads are closed at 1,000 posts to aid in searching as well as downloading. When a Mystery is completed close to the 1,000 post mark, do the following.

Open a new Divine Mercy Chaplet thread.
Place this same post as the first post in the new thread.
Go to the old thread and post a link to the new thread.
Use the PM or BPR feature to alert the moderator to the old thread that needs to be closed.
Start the new decade/chaplet in the new thread and continue praying.

Now that we've covered the basics, let's start praying. If any questions remain, please contact the forum moderator.

**Catherine Grant** · #4 Jul 11, '07, 4:34 pm

This is a community prayer thread for ALL forum members to offer our prayers of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord.

As Paul exhorts, "Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you (Thes 5:16-18)" and "always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father (Eph 5:20)."

All members of the CAF community are invited and encouraged to pray with us whenever they wish. Please jump in!

For an explanation on how often one may post in Prayer Intentions, please see here.

How to Post in the Perpetual Prayer of Praise
You might use a scripture verse, a formal prayer, or just one from your heart. However you wish to praise Him, just jump in and get praying!

Posts may include prayers of praise and thanksgiving to our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, God the Father, the most Holy Trinity, the angels, or the saints.

Optional Practices
Pictures
New pictures may be placed in the thread sparingly. Please be considerate of those on slow Internet connections and do not place pictures frequently. The images must be smaller than 400 pixels high and 400 pixels wide. They must also be appropriate for our participants who are as young as age 13, so no graphic imagery. Lastly, they must not pose a copyright concern. If in doubt, leave it out.

Posting Pictures & Attachments

Photo Editing Instructions

Thread Completion
All threads are closed at 1,000 posts to aid in searching as well as downloading. When a Mystery is completed close to the 1,000 post mark, do the following.

Open a new Perpetual Prayer of Praise thread.
Place this same post as the first post in the new thread.
Go to the old thread and post a link to the new thread.
Use the PM or BPR feature to alert the moderator to the old thread that needs to be closed.
Continue offering prayers of praise in the new thread.

Now that we've covered the basics, let's start praying. If any questions remain, please contact the forum moderator.

**Catherine Grant** · #5 Jul 11, '07, 4:37 pm

This is a community rosary thread for ALL forum members to pray for priests, seminarians, religious, and the discernment of vocations.

All members of the CAF community are invited and encouraged to pray with us whenever they wish. Please jump in! For an explanation on how often one may post in perpetual prayer threads, please see here.

For an explanation of how to pray the rosary, please see here.
Please include at the top of each post which Mystery is being prayed as well as a count for which Hail Mary(s) you are praying within the decade.

The format that has been established for the perpetual rosary is as follows:

The Joyful Mysteries
The Luminous Mysteries
The Sorrowful Mysteries
The Glorious Mysteries

Optional Practices
The Fatima Prayer
Some people choose to include the Fatima Prayer at the end of each decade after the Glory Be. This is optional and depends on personal preference.

Pictures
New pictures may be placed at the start of each Mystery. Please be considerate of those on slow Internet connections and do not place pictures more frequently. When beginning a new Mystery just copy and paste the image from another already on the thread or you may choose one of your own. The images must be smaller than 400 pixels high and 400 pixels wide. They must also be appropriate for our participants who are as young as age 13, so no graphic imagery. Lastly, they must not pose a copyright concern. If in doubt, leave it out.

Posting Pictures & Attachments

Photo Editing Instructions

Personal Intentions
If you would like to make a very short list of personal intentions (including the first name of any priest, religious, seminarian, or one discerning a religious vocation) that are not included in the thread already, you may place it at the top or bottom of a post. Please do not repeat intentions or make long lists of intentions. Please do not explain the intention, either. Short, sweet, and to the point.

Thread Completion
All threads are closed at 1,000 posts to aid in searching as well as downloading. When a Mystery is completed close to the 1,000 post mark, do the following.

Open a new Rosary thread.
Place this same post as the first post in the new thread.
Go to the old thread and post a link to the new thread.
Use the PM or BPR feature to alert the moderator to the old thread that needs to be closed.
Start the new mystery in the new thread and continue praying.

Now that we've covered the basics, let's start praying. If any questions remain, please contact the forum moderator.

**Church Militant** · #6 Nov 26, '07, 7:25 pm

This is a community prayer thread offering the Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel for ALL forum members, their families, friends, and for ALL intentions placed in the Prayer Intentions Forum, especially for the conversion of all unbelievers and the spread of the Kingdom of God all over the world..

All members of the CAF community are invited and encouraged to pray with us whenever they wish. Please jump in! For an explanation on how often one may post in Prayer Intentions, please see here.

How To Post in the Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel Thread
If you are wondering what the Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel is or how to pray it, this thread might be of assistance:

What is the Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel and how do I pray it?

Please include at the top of each quad post the quad number you are praying, such as “Quad One”, “Quad Two”, etc. There are a total of nine quads per Chaplet.

Pictures
New pictures may be placed at the start of each chaplet in the Our Father and/or Hail Mary. Please be considerate of those on slow Internet connections and do not place pictures more frequently. When beginning a new chaplet you may copy and paste the image from another already on the thread or you may choose one of your own. The images must be smaller than 400 pixels high and 400 pixels wide. They must also be appropriate for our participants who are as young as age 13, so no graphic imagery. Lastly, they must not pose a copyright concern. If in doubt, leave it out.

Posting Pictures & Attachments

Photo Editing Instructions

Personal Intentions
If you would like to make a very short list of personal intentions that are not included in the Prayer Intentions forum already, you may place it at the top or bottom of a post. Please do not repeat intentions or make long lists of intentions. Please do not explain the intention, either. Short, sweet, and to the point.

Thread Completion
All threads are closed at 1,000 posts to aid in searching as well as downloading. When a Mystery is completed close to the 1,000 post mark, do the following.

Open a new Chaplet of St. Michael the Archangel thread.
Place this same post as the first post in the new thread.
Go to the old thread and post a link to the new thread.
Use the PM or BPR feature to alert the moderator to the old thread that needs to be closed.
Start the new chaplet in the new thread and continue praying.

Now that we've covered the basics, let's start praying. If any questions remain, please contact the forum moderator.