Emphasis Preaching Journal

In the South American country of Colombia, there is a Roman Catholic church where people take their cars to have them blessed. Each Sunday about 2,500 drivers show up to have the church's priest say a prayer and place holy water on their cars. One man said that he keeps bringing his car in to be blessed and that he has not had any car trouble in more than five years.
There is an Eastern Orthodox monastery in the former Soviet Union. A large company is paying the monks of that monastery to pray for it. The monks are being paid to ask God to help that company make a profit.