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n Saturday, August 8th, our very own Ehren "Wheeler" Oschwald will be ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacon for the Diocese of Baton Rouge and has been assigned to serve at St. Elizabeth and St. Jules! In anticipation for Wheeler's (and his classmates') ordination, we invite you to join us in praying a novena for Wheeler! We will begin this Thursday, July 30th and end on Friday, August 7th, the day before his ordination.
Wheeler has been an incredible gift to our parish and community so let us intercede on his behalf and storm Heaven with prayers that the Lord may continue to sanctify him and, by his service, draw others into a deep and intimate encounter with Jesus Christ.
Prayer for Ehren “Wheeler” Oschwald
Father, we praise You and thank You for the gift of Ehren Oschwald and his yes to the Sacred Order of Deacon. We thank You for the works of conversion You have brought about in Your son, that You have called him first and foremost to be in an intimate relationship with You. We pray that his service and his ministries may be the fruit of his relationship with You. We ask that You fill him with Your Holy Spirit, that You enflame his heart with the fire of Your divine love. May he serve You and Your people in charity and joy, following Your example of being a servant. Lord, provide Ehren grace to perceive Your will every day in his life so that he may walk humbly with You. We pray for his family: his wife, Annette; his daughter, Ashley; his son, Ray; and his grandchildren. May You continue to sanctify the Oschwald family that they all may witness to Your love and mercy. We pray this prayer through the intercession of St. Jules and St. Elizabeth, St. Joseph, St. Stephen and St. Lawrence, St. Dominic, Ehren’s guardian angel, all the Angels and Saints, and our Blessed Mother Mary. May all be for the glorification Your Name and the salvation of souls. Amen.