But does it come with a guarantee of answered prayer?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nIt’s a gift that keeps on giving. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
You can adopt a nun to pray for you for an entire year! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
And the money you pay goes to a good cause. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When the Salesian Sisters needed to raise money to care for their aging nuns, Sister Mary Rinaldi realized they could charge folks a small sum for work they were already doing <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“We could offer our prayer and our support and our friendship and that solidarity with them and that’s how the adopt a sister program began.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
At first, the program raised $5 million to build this retirement home in North Haledon, New Jersey. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Now, over a decade later and 3,000 participants strong, Adopt-a-Nun continues to pay the bills for the elder nuns, and reaches farther than they expected. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“We have encountered a huge population of people who are hungry for God and for the spiritual, and it’s not only Catholic persons or Christians who are adopting a sister, from the Jewish population, we have wonderful human beings that are part of the program and very integral.”<\/p>\n
[…]<\/p>\n
But Rosesanne James is convinced that her nuns do more than keep her in the fold <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“It’s a direct line to God and it’s cheaper than any phone call.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
[…]\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
And, they make great gifts. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Can’t have enough nuns and I give them for birthday presents, Christmas presents…it’s better than a scarf.” <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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\nRead the rest here<\/a>.
\nBTW, Christians don’t have to pay someone to make intercession for them since Christ lives to make intercession for those who draw near:
\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\nHebrews 7:25<\/a> <\/span>Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost<\/span> those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession<\/span> for them.
\n1 Timothy 2:5<\/a> <\/span>For there is one God, and there is one mediator<\/span> between God and men, the man[1]<\/span> Christ Jesus<\/p><\/blockquote>\nHe paid the price already.<\/p>\n
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