🚨💙 TONIGHT, AT 8:30 — AMERICA WILL PAUSE FOR A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY. 🙏⚾

Three months ago, Xavier Taylor was simply a 12-year-old kid doing what he loved — playing baseball.

Then, in a matter of seconds, an unexpected baseball accident changed everything.

Xavier was struck in the neck.

He collapsed.

His heart stopped.

And since that heartbreaking day, his family has been waiting and praying for their son to wake from the coma that followed.

Three months.

Three months of hospital rooms.

Three months of uncertainty.

Three months of hoping that tomorrow might finally bring a breakthrough.

And somehow, through all of it, Xavier’s family has continued to hold onto faith.

But tonight, they are asking something bigger.

They are asking people across the country to come together at the same moment and pray for their boy.

At 8:30 p.m. Eastern, they are calling it:

💙 “RISE UP AND XAVE.” 💙

This is no longer just one family’s story.

People from communities far beyond Xavier’s hometown have rallied around him.

Bridges have been illuminated blue.

Baseball bats have appeared on front porches.

Teams have worn his No. 6.

His jersey has hung in dugouts.

And strangers who have never met Xavier have learned his name — and started praying for him.

⚾ One boy. One number. One community after another refusing to forget him.

Imagine being Xavier’s parents.

Imagine waking up every morning for three months, walking into a hospital room, and waiting for the moment your child finally responds.

Imagine not hearing your son’s voice.

Not watching him play.

Not knowing when — or if — the next breakthrough will come.

And yet…

They still pray.

They still believe.

They still hope.

Tonight, they are asking everyone who has stood beside Xavier to stand with him once again.

🙏 At 8:30.

💙 Wherever you are.

⚾ Whatever your faith looks like.

Take a moment for Xavier.

Pray for his healing.

Pray for his body and brain.

Pray for strength for his parents and loved ones.

And pray for the family that has spent three exhausting months refusing to give up hope.

Because sometimes, when there are no easy answers, the only thing people can do is come together and remind a family:

YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

Tonight, thousands of people may say the same name in homes, churches, ballparks, and communities across the country.

Xavier.

💙 Rise up, Xave.

⚾ America is still standing with you.

🙏 If you’re joining the 8:30 prayer tonight, leave a 💙 below so Xavier’s family can see how many people are standing beside them.