intercession

"May the long-awaited peace in Kivu, in Congo, and across all of Africa come soon - through the intercession of the Virgin Mary and Blessed Floribert," said Pope Leo.

Without his intercession, the Fire Nation plunged the world into a century of bloody conquests that began when they wiped out Aang’s entire culture, hoping to kill him, too.

After beatification, a miracle attributed to the Ulmas’ intercession would be necessary for their eventual canonization, as the church’s sainthood process is called.

“It’s a cry for intercession by the higher power: ‘Come by here, my lord.’”

But most of all, the anastenaria feel empowered through the saints’ intercession to put out the smoldering embers.