Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: MNHCC@cunyvm.bitnet Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: st. jude Message-ID: Date: 22 May 91 05:06:21 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center Lines: 12 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu I agree with the objections to the Prayer to St. Jude, and could add more. However, it is more important to point out that that kind of prayer, known as a chain-letter prayer because it frequently includes a requirement to leave a copy of the prayer in a church for each of the nine days, is a superstition condemned by the Catholic Church. I have heard it condemned from the pulpit in Catholic churces and seen in condemned in Catholic newspapers and magazines. In one sense all prayers are answered by God, but that does not always mean we get what we ask for. A prayer that claims to be able to guarantee results is magic, not really a prayer, and it doesn't work. Marty Helgesen