Dear Faithful Family & Friends of Prayer Worldwide, St. Vincent de Paul once said, "Sometimes you have to leave God to go to God." Therefore, I am leaving my spiritual retreat to bring you great graces we have received from our good, merciful and loving God and additional urgent prayer requests.
In Thanksgiving for: Dominica, the woman whose body is consumed with cancer and who had a 30% chance of surviving extremely strong chemo treatments for whom you have been praying, has been sent home for the holidays. Her blood count was fine so she was told to return home for the holidays and to go back to the hospital on January 5th or 6th. Praise God for His compassion and love and many thanks for your intercessory prayers. Please continue to pray that God may completely heal Dominica. Baby Bella, the Santorum's fragile baby, after 5 weeks in the hospital and having a delicate operation, Bella is now home, doing well, and enjoying her family for the holidays. Praise God! Thank you again for your intercessory prayers. Urgent Prayer Requests: Meredith Lewis, an 18 year old college student, slipped on wet pavement and fell down stairs. This caused her to have brain surgery because she was bleeding. While recuperating at home, she developed a severe headache, caused by blood clots on her brain. Please pray to our most generous and merciful God will heal this wonderful, bright young lady so she will be able to return to college in N. Carolina. A 74 year old woman, a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother is suffering from depression over the many tribulations among three remaining children. Please pray that God will heal the children so that their mother will have peace. One son rejects his good mother. Another's wife is separating from her husband, with their four children. Her daughter, some of whose 8 children reject her, is fighting to keep custody of her 11 year old son. Please pray to our most loving, gentle and merciful God to intervene into these turbulent familial situations, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, so that peace and harmony may be restored in this family. "For God, nothing is impossible." (Lk 1:37) Stacey, a father and husband, is extremely verbally abusive to his wife, especially when the two sons, 12 and 6 respectively, are present. May our good and gentle God grant peace and harmony in this family as well, especially now that the Prince of Peace has arrived. Paula Forney, Sr. Mary Bernadette's sister-in-law is ill and has a special intention. Her husband is still very ill with an aortic aneurysm and a weak heart. Please pray for God to grace this family with complete healing. Sr. Cornelia Colgan, DC, for whom you have been praying , has passed away recently. Please pray for the repose of her soul. Jack Kelly, Sr. Ann Adele's brother, passed away suddenly with a massive heart attack. Please pray for the repose of his soul as well. Mr. Kelly's wife, upon hearing the news of her husband death, also had a heart attack and is in intensive care. Please pray for all family members at this most stressful and difficult time. Again many thanks for your most powerful prayers. May all of you have a blessed and peaceful New year. During my spiritual retreat, I have chosen for spiritual read the book called, "God The Joy Of My Life, The Life of Santa Teresa of Jesus de los Andes. If anyone has any type of suffering or would like to grow in the spiritual life, this book will inspire you to become closer to God. PS I will continue to be offline until January 5th for continued solitude and prayer. You may reach me for emergencies and urgent prayer requests at <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] I will no longer check my email. Please be assured of my prayers for each of you during this time at daily Mass. I have had some medical tests, but nothing is conclusive. I will have some others. Suffering for me is a gift. God, in His infinite Wisdom, knows what is best for us, especially for our immortal souls. Our goal is to return to heaven. Thank you for your prayers and understanding. Tom [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please note that I do not send or open attachments sent to this list. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Catholics on Fire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Catholics-on-Fire May the blessing of Jesus and our Blessed Mother be with you -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
