A Co. Wexford priest and a cabinet minister have both called for prayers for a positive outcome to the economic crisis this week.
Fr John Carroll, a curate in Barntown parish, asked the congregation at 11am Mass on Sunday to pray for Ireland as it journeys through the current economic downturn.
The prayer, which has been posted on the parish's Facebook page, asked God to ''continue to make your presence felt among us at this moment in history'' and ''steady our nerve in these days and point out to us the shortcomings of panic and fear alone''.
Minister for Social Protection Éamon Ó Cuív said in a radio interview that prayers were needed because ''not everything is in the control of the Government''.
''Prayer is very powerful because at the end of the day we have to keep at it until we get to stable waters,'' he said.
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