I (well, "resident") received a letter today with the following note on the back: "Dear Jesus, We pray that you will bless someone in this home spiritually, physically, & financially. And please Dear Lord, bless the one who's hands open this letter.... "
Inside the envelope I found a 17 X 11 1/2 paper Prayer "Rug" "Soaked with the Power of Prayer for you". The instructions ask me to: "Look into Jesus' Eyes you will see they are closed. But as you continue to look you will see His eyes opening and looking back into your eyes. Then go and be alone and kneel on this Rug of Faith or touch it to both knees*. Then please check your needs on our letter to you. Please return this Prayer Rug. Do not keep it." (*Before I continue, let us take a moment to appreciate the handicap accessibility of the prayer rug. Can't kneel? Simply touch it to both knees.)
There is great urgency to pray quickly & then return your direct mail slip back to this "very old (55 year) church". In exchange for your prayer "rug" you will be sent a "wonderful, free spiritual gift that will be a blessing to you for a lifetime".
Of course I immediately went to their website (http://www.saintmatthewschurches.com/FamilyFaith.aspx) where I learned that "One of the consoling things about Jesus is that He never said that, in our lives, we needed more effort."
The website also includes a long list of items they bless which includes weddings, newborn babies, firefighters (also blessed by shitsngrins), they bless the libraries, and they "pray over the Internet. It has so much potential for good, and so much for bad."... and The list goes on:
"We pray over every book, every sermon letter, magazine, and Bible that this church mails out free of charge.
We pray over every word in our sermon letters sent to our members free of charge, and over every word in the sermons that our clergy preach from the pulpit.
We pray for the postal workers who deliver the mail."
And guess what... they have a Mother church: Cathedral of Saint Matthew located in Houston, Texas. On their website before any mention of Jesus or Prayer Rug, they list the following stats:
1600 Seating
Three Chapels
100,000 Square Feet Under Roof
Air Conditioned Basketball and Volleyball Court
Lighted Soccer and Baseball Field
Use the Cathedral, Free of Charge for Funerals and Weddings
http://www.saintmatthewschurches.com/SaintMatthewsChurchCathedral.aspx
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Prayer "rug" arrives in mail today...
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Certain other statistics were left off of the description of the "Cathedral", such as address, street, and telephone number. But trust us, it's in Houston somewhere, and if you can find it, they give you free services. Free Easter Bunny baskets, Free Brooklyn Bridges. Whatever you want.
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