A story about prayer & one stubborn engineer

He just wanted to
pray for people.

So he did what any reasonable software engineer does with a personal problem — he built something about it.

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I'll be praying for you.

We say it all the time. We mean it every time.
And then we sit down to actually pray — and stare at the ceiling.

What do you even say? Does it have to sound religious? Is "Dear God, please help my friend" enough?

Turns out, almost everyone has this problem.

Including one particular software engineer from Troy, New York.

The Builder

Hi. I'm Paul.

I have a Computer Science degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and two decades of building software. I've shipped apps, managed systems, and debugged things that would make a grown developer cry.

And yet when a friend needed prayer — a real, heartfelt "things are hard right now" prayer — I had absolutely nothing. I could write a REST API from scratch. I could not find four sentences to say to God on behalf of someone I loved.

Classic engineer move: the right tool doesn't exist, so you build it. I built Pray Over Us — a place where real people share what's on their heart, and sophisticated AI generates a deeply personal prayer tailored exactly to their intention. You just show up and pray it.

It's the first social network for prayer. Which is a sentence I genuinely did not expect to ever type.

✝ Presented to local parishes in New Jersey

Step 1

Share What's on Your Heart

Tell the community what you need prayer for. A sick friend. A hard decision. Something you've been carrying alone. No special words, no formal language — just what's on your heart.

The community feeds show real prayer requests from real people, updated constantly. You can pray for everyone or filter to your own church community.

🙏 Real requests from real people

Step 2

Sophisticated AI Writes
a Personal Prayer

The moment you share your intention, sophisticated AI generates a deeply personal prayer — written specifically for that person, that situation, that moment. Not a template pulled from a list. Yours.

Key words are highlighted in bold so when you read it aloud, it feels like you wrote it yourself. Because in every way that matters, you did.

✦ Personalized to every single intention

Step 3

Pray for the Community

Browse the prayer feed, read someone's intention, and pray their AI-crafted prayer aloud. When you press AMEN — a little celebration goes off and the person who shared gets notified that another soul prayed for them.

You can even extend any prayer with a single tap, generating a longer, deeper version for intentions that deserve more time.

🎉 Every prayer counts, every person is notified

There's More

A full prayer life,
in one app.

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Daily Bread

A fresh Catholic devotional every morning — scripture, reflection, and an audio listen option. Start your day grounded.

🚶

Prayer Walk

Immersive · Audio · Hands-free

🎧

Prayer Walk

A fullscreen, audio-guided prayer experience. Swipe through community requests while a voice reads each prayer aloud. Walk, drive, or rest — hands-free.

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Testimonials

When God answers a prayer, share it. Your testimony is sent to every person who prayed for you — closing the loop with real stories of real faith.

Faith Points & Badges

Every prayer you pray
is recognized.

Pray Over Us tracks your acts of faith and rewards them. Every prayer request you share, every prayer you say for another person, every daily bread you read — earns Faith Points.

Points unlock ranks — from Seed Planter to Prayer Partner and beyond — and a growing collection of badges that reflect your unique prayer journey.

🌈 Rainbow Promise 🦉 Night Owl ✍️ Prolific 🌍 Global Heart 🌅 Early Riser 🔥 Persistent ⛓️ Chain Breaker ⚓ Steadfast

The Community

It started at Mass.
Now it spans the world.

What began as a simple idea — a way to make prayer accessible for people who felt they didn't have the words — grew into a community of believers genuinely interceding for one another every single day.

Free forever. No subscriptions. No ads. Just prayer.