intercessory prayer
Petitioning for another
Intercessory prayer is prayer offered on behalf of others rather than oneself.
The person praying intercedes—acts as an intermediary between God and the person needing help: She asked for intercessory prayer for her sick father.
The practice is central to many Christian traditions, where believers pray for healing, guidance, or blessing for others.
- petitionFormal written appeal
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- mediatorNeutral conflict resolver
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
divine intervention · faith · invocation · novena · saints · grace · plea · laying on of hands · heart · priest · chaplain · rosary · mysticism · hope · behalf · liturgy · providence · vigil
intercessory prayercontemplative prayer
Silent, receptive spiritual practice
praise and worship · thanksgiving prayer · meditation · adoration · doxology
intercessory prayercurse
Invoked harm through words
malediction · imprecation · anathema · execration · condemnation