Please pray for her that she may have the conviction to end this for good. She is in counseling and attending church. Pray also for this MM (he is a bishop in his church)that he may live up to the office he holds. Especially pray for his wife as we have been told that she knows. (MM still calls daughter). Pray for his four sons as I'm sure they have heard their mother cry. Pray for them for they will live by their fathers example. My husband and I have been reading MB for several months. This is such a nightmaire for so many. Mom and Dad <P>------------------<BR>Marry

I will pray for everyone you have mentioned, as they will each have their own wounds to deal with from this unfortunate circumstance. I pray that peace will find it's way into each of your hearts. I pray that you daughter will find the strength she needs to put an end to this destructive behavior, and I pray that God will give you the strength you need to endure this situation. May God grant these wishes, if it be in his will. God bless you!

Holy Jesus, you told us that if we had the faith the size of a mustard seed you would move mountains for us. Your enemy has taken hold of one of your leaders and this will threaten the faith of all the people in the church. Please help the wife of the bishop to pray and not to hate this daughter. Help the wife of the bishop not to be so angry that she is unable to forgive. Please physically separate this daughter from her unlawful partner. Heal this daughter as you healed the woman from the well in Samaria. I am sure she needs love and she mistook this attraction for the real thing. Help her to put God first and to find a Christian man who is free to give her all his love. Help her loving parents to pray for her and not to be angry with her. Give her the strength of character and the will to overcome this attachment. Do whatever is necessary to convert both the man and this loved daughter who is doing wrong. Help them to feel the attraction of forgiveness and the love of your Sacred Heart. Bless these parents for their prayers and bless all the children.<P>

Trying and Bridge------thankyou for your prayers. My daughter told me that last wed. night when she and MM were talking on the computer, his wife caught him and started talking to daughter. They talked, on line for three or four hours. I can't help but believe that our prayers helped this to come to pass. Daughter said that it was good. I have to trust God in bringing this to an end. I pray that the couple find MB. Thank you Mary

I can't tell you how happy I am to hear that. It is so hard to just let go and trust God, isn't it? But that is what He keeps asking us. I am struggling with an OW and I would be so happy if her parents knew and prayed like you do. I keep praying her parents will find out and she would start to understand what she is doing to me and my daughter. I don't hate her. I just believe she loves my husband but it is wrong for her to do so in this way.<BR>I am a Christian and my husband is not and this is a big problem for us. I think this OW is not a Christian either so I am praying for both their conversions. <BR>You are such good parents. Maybe your daughter suffers from lack of self-esteem. Keep giving her all of your affection because she needs it, I'm sure. I will keep praying. Praise God that she had that conversation - she needs to see that no wife is a monster. It is difficult. Your daughter is addicted and can't see a way out. I pray that a nice, Christian man will come along for her and open her eyes. She will suffer but your love will help her. Everyone makes mistakes. <BR>Jesus, please strengthen the faith and love of these wonderful parents. Help their love for their daughter increase each day and be a shining light for her. Help their love to heal her. Help the bishop's wife handle this situation without bitterness and help their marital problems be resolved through your grace. Jesus, as I ask for a miracle for my husband and me to be able to start again completely, so I ask your grace for this bishop and his wife to restore their marriage. I ask you Lord for this precious and most loved daughter to seek your grace and to trust that You will heal her. Help her to learn from her pain and guide her in a new walk of true Life. Help her to understand that loving someone means wanting what's best for him or her. This man could lose everything he has over this relationship and this daughter would never feel joy. Blessed are You in all things. You give tremendous grace in the midst of great suffering. You help us to heal in our imperfections and allow us to continue when life seems unbearable. Raise up this daughter to be pure as she desires to be deep in her heart. Heal her wounds and draw her to your Sacred Heart. Amen.<BR>

Trying----your prayers calm me. You take the time to pray for my daughter yet you are in such pain yourself. I'm so touched by your generous spirit and love that I can not emagine how your husband could have someone else. Until I came here to the MB, I had no idea what a hold on a person the A has. I will pray for you when I pray for my daughter and the bishop, his wife and their childern.<P>------------------<BR>Marry

Thank you so much for praying for me, too. I need it!!! I think we have to see that the souls of people who do wrong are suffering. Sometimes I think my husband is like a mouse and the Lord's enemy is just playing with him. The sad thing is that the enemy is so good at masking himself that he gives those involved good feelings which they mistakenly believe somehow come from God, if they believe in God. he tricks very well and he confuses those involved until they don't know right from wrong. he suffocates their souls until they feel dead and then gives them these false feelings they feel they need to cling to. Most people don't believe in him which is his biggest trick yet. Even people who believe in God don't believe that. They are not reading their Bibles - he was so tricky he used scripture to tempt our Lord!!!<BR>I prayed for your daughter today too, in my car on the way to work. You are right to get people to pray for her. You don't have to tell them why. Tell them she is having a hard time, which is true. The rest is not important. She needs prayers. I thought it was so interesting that this MB site said it takes 3 weeks of physical separation to feel half decent. Maybe she could take an anti-depressant or something to ease the pain of separation. God has a wonderful way of making a lot of good come out of a horrible situation. You must be so worried about her. I do believe through prayer she will come around.<P>Lord, help us not just to believe in You and Your existence, but to thoroughly trust You with the most precious parts of our lives. Build that trust, Lord, so that we will have the strength to bear our trials. Let all of us learn a lesson in humility. That we can all stumble. That we are not to judge others but to leave that to you. Let this episode lead this beautiful daughter to hate her sin and love you all the more for having forgiven it. Let us all remember that the Lord so loved Mary Magdalene that she was the first person He appeared to on Easter Sunday. She was an adulteress, and the Lord forgave her. She went on to witness His suffering on the cross despite the risk to her personal safety and to become one of the greatest saints. This was a woman who should have been stoned according to the old ways. <BR>Lord, You love to be merciful. You are so generous and have so much love to give us that you pour it out in our most necessary moments. You lead us, You guide us, You give us peace. You surely have great plans for this daughter as You had for Mary Magdalene. Allow this precious and sweet daughter to suffer her punishment without rebellion, to be purified by the fire she will have to go through and help other women in her situation to find Your mercy. Help her to feel pure and clean as a newborn baby when she finds You. Wash away her sins and restore her to where she really wants to be. She is not happy, Lord, she is desperately clinging to this situation for fear. Help her to know the only true Joy, the only True Life which is You and Your Word. I pray for the woman in my life, too. She may not have the instruments to find You. She may not have parents like these wonderful parents. Help her to go to a Church and seek you as soon as possible. Praise Your Holy name, Lord. I love you, I worship You, I hope in You and I adore You and I beg Your pardon and Your mercy for ALL those who do not love You, do not worship You do not hope in You and do not adore You. Take these parents in Your arms and hold them like they were babies. Let them feel Your warmth and Your peace. They are doubting themselves and doubting how they raised their daughter but they are not to blame. Release them from these feelings so they can concentrate on loving their daughter, praying for the other family and trusting in Your INFINITE mercy. Amen.

Are you doing okay? <BR>It is a long battle. Don't give up. Your prayers are going to help.