Prayer Blanket

Recently, we received a package in the mail.  In the package, was a special gift from a hometown church parish: St.Joseph's Prayer Angels, a beautiful prayer blanket.   What an amazing gift, a reminder of how much Little Man is held up in prayer, a reminder of the strength that is given to us in grace's as we need them.  A prayer and support wrapped up in a prayer blanket hug. 


Prayer Blankets are sewn with love and prayers for those who receive the blanket. This prayer blanket is a symbol of our faith sharing community “covering with prayer the individual who receives it”.



The Prayer Angels of St.Joseph parishes, commit to prayer as they fulfill their part in construction of the blanket. The process involves shopping for material, washing, coordinating fabric, cutting, sewing, ironing and tagging. After the blankets are complete, they are placed on the altar at a Healing Mass and blessed by the priest. Those who are to receive the blanket are held in prayer. These beautiful acts truly transform the blanket into a “PRAYER BLANKET” whose very threads become interwoven with pleas for healing on behalf of the recipient.


Each blanket bears a tag that reads ‘You are covered in Prayer.” This blanket has been prayed over and blessed at St. Joseph Healing Mass. Be Not Afraid, for the Lord said, “I am with you always, until the end of age”. (Matthew 28:20).


This gift of prayer originated at the MD Anderson Hospital in Houston, TX where the chaplain who gave the blankets to the sick found that they so uplifted the patients that she began to deliver them on a regular basis. Blankets were given to hospital patients, the sick at home, the Veteran’s Hospital and cancer support groups. Missionaries presented them to the orphaned, very elderly, and those who were sick in Guatemala and Volograd Russia. The gift was received as another wonderful way that people are doing God’s work.


The Prayer Blanket brings comfort to the suffering and peace to the fearful. When one sees and touches these blankets, they know they are not alone – that they are covered in prayer and there are those who do care about them.


God has used this beautiful ministry not only to touch the lives of countless people who have received the Prayer Blankets while they are going through extremely difficult times in their lives, but the lives of those involved in the ministry as well. We are blessed to have so many people who give abundantly of their time, talents, and treasures, making Prayer Blankets possible.