June 13, 2008
May 5, 2008
A Prayer Request
They are building a Planned Parenthood in the city in which I live. Naturally I wanted to become part of an effort to be a thorn in their side. The problem is all the committees, groups, or what-have you are about cliques and I don't know what else. I hope God can use me for some good.
August 2, 2007
Please pray for the soul of Karen Marie Knapp
Karen Marie died last night in her sleep.
Karen Marie's death notice in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (with guest book).
"As for me, my life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to depart. I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith; all there is to come for me now is the crown of uprightness which the Lord, the upright Judge, will give to me on that Day; and not only to me but to all those who have longer for His appearing." -- 2 Tim 4:7
June 30, 2007
Eternal rest....
Please pray for the smockmomma, for her family, and for the repose of her mother's soul.
April 29, 2007
Prayer Request From My Brother
Please pray for Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell's family. Cpl. Parcell was a Marine on Okinawa that went to Iraq. She had to search a female victim in Iraq and when she was searching the victim, the victim detonated a bomb attached to her killing Cpl. Parcell and herself.I am upset about this cause I knew her and she just turned 20.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE MARINES SERVING UNDER III MEF AND III MLG, I am III MLG
January 29, 2007
For the Repose of a Soul
Please pray for my grandmother's first cousin, Carmella Duncan, who passed away today. Thanks.
November 27, 2006
for the Holy Father
V. Let us pray for our Sovereign Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI.
R. The Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
Our Father....
Hail Mary....
November 22, 2006
This Thanksgiving
let us remember our loved ones serving in the military stationed overseas who cannot be with their families.
October 31, 2006
For My Father
He has developed shingles which apparently can be a side-effect of chemo (immuno-suppression). Healthwise, he should be fine. But he is not having a lot of fun right now.
October 4, 2006
Prayers for the Repose of a Soul
My husband's first cousin was murdered about a week or two ago in Puerto Rico. I wanted to post a prayer request sooner, but my husband keeps forgetting to give me his name.
He was burned alive.
His brother was murdered about a year and a half ago. I cannot imagine what my husband's aunt and uncle are going through.
September 15, 2006
More Prayers for My Dad
As far as the cancer treatment goes, my father seems to be doing quite well, but he is still in a great deal of pain. His bone scan last week revealed 2 slipped discs and a number of fractured ribs, and other small fractures throughout his bones-hence the pain. A few prayers would be most helpful. Thanks.
August 24, 2006
Please Say A Prayer-I Am Not Feeling Well
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned I was sick. I got better, but not 100%. I have not been able to shake the exhaustion. It is not simply exhaustion, I have been feeling that since getting pregnant. It is lethargy, and shortness of breath. I just want to sleep all the time and I sense some added blues as well.I am having trouble thinking clearly. It occured to me that I am probably anemic since that is my usual course during pregnancy. I looked up anemia and have all the symptoms except the usual tell-tale pica. I had a check-up yesterday and my doctor put me on prescription iron supplements. I hope they help.
I am awake now. (I have intermittent bouts of insomnia and falling asleep). I was watching a show on Discovery Channel that I like called A Haunting but fell asleep. I woke up to the next show called Most Evil. It is about a doctor from Columbia U. who studies the "why's" of serial killers and ranks them on a scale from 1-22, 22 being the most evil. I woke up in time to hear about the #22 guy for the evening, and to make a long story short without too many details, this guy was different because his victims were children. I got to hear the last story, and now I can't stop cryingh because I keep thinking what if that were my sweet, little Gorbulas?
I am not sure which is worse, that this stuff happens, or that they put it on TV. I mean knowing about it just got me really, really upset. But not knowing about doesn't change what happened. For some reason I think the Discovery Channel is "safe". But sometimes I think these shows are just as bad as any of the other crap, just in the guise of "documentary". If I learned something practical from it, then I would not feel quite as bad.
July 17, 2006
Feeling Kinda Freaked
Yesterday was hot, hot, hot, so we did what we do every hot day-grilled! We had shrimp and veggies on skewers and the looked quite yummy. In the middle of cooking, we ran out of propane. My husband went and got a new tank in record time (I was going to ask where he went, but never had the chance), returned and installed the either refilled, or newly traded-in tank (I never found out which either). When he went to light it and bent down to click on the ignitor, there was a huge whoosh of fire in his face and his face got burnt. He went right away to the ER and my oldest, God bless her, accompanied him. I insisted on calling him a cab because his biggest complaint was pain in his eyes, but he insisted on driving himself (the hospital is right down the street-my OB's office is located there and I have walked there and back). For some reason that struck me as a "man thing". I do not say that as an offense to men, but I can see my father insisting on doing the same thing. In his mind it meant less financial burden on the family, of paying for a cab. Not the most logical, but I think in his panic as well, that was what was important to him.
I continued dinner (as the grill was on and the other children had not eaten). The food was cooking, but then the fire rose. I turned the knobs off, nothing happened. I closed the valve (later I saw I did not close it all the way), and nothing happened. I grabbed the fire extinguisher and extinguished the whole thing-shrimps and all. Afterwards I checked the valve on the tank, and I think in my calm panic, I didn't close it all the way, so I closed it tight.
My husband and daughter returned home via cab. The hospital staff kind of looked at him like he was crazy when he told them he drove there. He suffered second degree burns on his nose, first degree on the rest of his face, and his eyes are bandaged. Tomorrow he has to return and see if his eyes will heal.
We ordered pizza for dinner. I feel terrible about wasting the other food, and then wasting more money ordering out, but pizza lightened up the heavy mood that was starting to ensue a bit. And God bless my daughter (again), she sat next to her father saying "You know what I want to do now? Play a nice family game of Pictionary. Or better yet, charades!"
Tomorrow I will check the valves and the lines with soapy water to make sure there are not any leaks. Part of me would rather not grill again. Almost. I don't know how to cook inside in the summer.
I am feeling kind of freaked and very, very guilty (which is why I am up blogging instead of sleeping). Years ago, when we started grilling with propane, I used to check the lines with soapy water everytime we changed the tank. I don't know why I totally forgot about that procedure. I was not being lazy and skipping the step, I just totally forgot you do that. I think it was somewhere between when the grilling job got passed on from me to the Job of The Man of The House, and when were living off-grid. We got so used to dealing with fire and propane for everyday living, I guess we got kind of complacent, which is stupid.The flip side of course is we always have new fire extinguishers on hand (as Fastolph has been known to find them and use them out of curiosity in the past).
Please say a prayer my husband makes a full recovery. If he cannot work, it will make it difficult finanacially, as usual. Not that I want to ship him off injured. It's just that the life events=financial problems ratio never ends sometimes. Whenever you do little things to get ahead, it is just covering up what went wrong and is not really getting ahead.
Oh, another thing. My poor parents. My mother has been begging my father for years for a propane grill. He finally relented the day before yesterday and he spent 3 hours in Sears perseverating over whether or not this decision would eventually lead to their death, but finally purchased one. He spent hours afterwards worrying about where to keep the propane and insisted that wherever they put the tank (in the garage or basement), my brothers (23 and 21) are not allowed to enter that room ever again. Then I called them with this story: "Polo is in the ER because the grill kind of blew up in his face. Please pray for him!"
That and my grandmother used to get hysterical when I said we used propane to heat our hot water and for the stove when we lived off-grid. She used to scream into the phone that her heart would stop from the worry because that is so dangerous.
July 10, 2006
Prayers for Regina Doman and her family
Tragic news: Regina Doman, the author of the magnificent Angel in the Waters (among many other books and articles) lost her four-year-old son in a car accident.
I cannot imagine this agony. Prayers for Regina and her family.
June 11, 2006
Please Pray for the Repose of a Soul
A friend's father passed away. His name is Gary Flansburg.
May 23, 2006
Prayer request 911
Please pray for John D., the brother-in-law of a good friend. John survived cancer a few years ago, but the chemotherapy damaged his heart, so when he had a heart attack a few weeks ago, the damage was devastating. His doctors have been trying to help him recover to the point where a heart transplant would be an option.
John was just beginning to turn the corner when he developed sepsis today. His prognosis is grave, and his family is begging for prayers. John is a husband and father; his youngest just graduated from high school.
Thanks in advance.
UPDATE: May 24, 10:00 AM John passed into eternal life yesterday evening (probably around the time I wrote the entry.) He'd received the sacraments and had his wife and children present. Eternal rest grant him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine on him.
April 22, 2006
prayer request 911
Long story, but we decided to move and found a very nice buyer for the PGMP. I thought I was going to have good news about the house we wanted to buy, but instead we're in a big mess. Prayers appreciated. Thanks.
February 3, 2006
February 2, 2006
Prayers Please
Please pray for my brother Alex. He is 20 and has recently been diagnosed with cutaneous lymphoma. The prognosis looks good, but this is never fun.
St. Peregrine, pray for us.
January 12, 2006
A Prayer Request
A few weeks ago, I finished a 120 hour class in medical transcriptioning. I really enjoyed the class, but I need a job. Very few places are hiring entry level transcriptionists. Please ask St. Anthony, or the Blessed Mother to put in a good word for me. TIA.
September 9, 2005
My Baby Brother
left on Monday for Marine Basic Training on Parris Island. When he left he said to us "Next time you see me, I'll be a Marine!"
I am very proud of him, but I pray the Lord watches over him.
August 7, 2005
Assumption Novena: Day 1
Novena Prayer in Honor of the Assumption of Mary
Mary, full of grace, all generations rejoice to call you blessed and to acknowledge the great things that God your Savior has done for you. In preserving you from the stain of sin, God already prepared you to be taken to the place that had been readied for you in heaven. As we commemorate this Assumption of your body and soul into heaven, we recall that you intercede for us powerfully in your reign as Queen of the Universe and that you remember us tenderly as Mother of the Church. Seeking the help of your power and the consolation of your gentle compassion, we ask that you join us in praying for the intentions that we now entrust to your loving attention.
As you join in presenting these petitions to our Father in heaven, pray too that we may accept God's response to our petitions with the spirit of joy that marked your life on earth and which now fills your soul in heaven. Help us to long for our own heavenly inheritance, so that we might join with you in praising God's goodness forever. Amen.
For Pansy's intentions: for her family's spiritual and material needs
For Peony's intentions: for the gift of a new brother or sister for Hambet; for healing.
For the intentions of our sisters and brothers in St Blog's: For Dylan and his mother.
For the needs of the Church:
For the needs and intentions of our Holy Father, Benedict XVI.
For the needs and intentions of our bishops.
For the Suffering Church, including our brethren in the Sudan and in China.
July 18, 2005
a request for prayers
Arthur and Andrew are asking for prayers for the soul of their maternal grandfather, Paul Hui; for their grandmother; and for mercy on the Canadian doctors who pulled Mr Hui's feeding tube on July 5.
June 9, 2005
Prayers for my father
Today my father was diagnosed with bone cancer. He is 56 years old and very, very good man.
My youngest brother is only 17.
I forgot to mention: My father's name is Jerry DeMauro. He is one of the nicest men, if not the nicest man I know. He certainly is the most honest and humble people. He takes good care of himself physically, he eats well and is a runner. I am just shocked.
I don't know if I linked to this article or one of his others, but you can read one of his articles here.
June 3, 2005
A New Life
Some events in my life have changed where looks like I will have to be the provider.
I can use some prayers not only for opportunities, but mostly for fortitude and good judgement.
February 22, 2005
Prayers needed for Pansy's husband
just got an IM from Pansy -- her husband has been in a car accident. She says he's okay but sounds really shaken up.
More news when we have it. Even in the best case scenario it sounds like the family car is totalled, which is not going to be good news for Pansy and her family.
February 17, 2005
Prayer Request
Received this morning from a friend:
...on a more serious note, please pray for a little boy named O.,
2 1/2 years old. ...He fell yesterday and needed
stiches- somewhere during the ER visit he went into shock, his heart
stopped, and he was revived, but rushed to a second hospital, and then air
lifted by chopper to the UPenn hospital in Philly. I have few details,
except that he is fighting for his life.... As of 5pm yesterday they were unsure of his chances of survival....
Thanks,
Peony
January 26, 2005
Please pray for the soul of this young woman
On Sunday, a senior at Johns Hopkins University was found dead in her apartment; her death has been ruled a homicide. When I lived in Baltimore, I lived only a few blocks south of where this student lived. She was a parishioner at Our Lady of Vietnam Parish in Silver Spring.
January 13, 2005
Pansy Stuff and Prayer Requests
It is the middle of the night and I have insomnia because the baby was up. He is now sleeping soundly, but I who amd dead tired, am awake. Agh, motherhood! Kids, why have 'em?
-A week ago Fredegar had a check-up. He is 15 pounds and 23 inches. He is a real chubbalumps. Nice fat cheeks and thighs. Since he was born, he loves to sleep on my chest at night, but he is sort of taking up all the room on my torso now. Just two monhs ago I barely felt he was there.
-Polo, my 9 tear old boy, is giving me a hard time with his school work. He will do any chore I ask of him, shovel the walk, bring in firewood-anything physical. But when it comes down to sitting for a lesson, he needs to go to the bathroom, get water, check on the two year old. It is starting to become a problem. Pray I nip it in the bud properly.
-I have had mastitis for the past week and am on antibiotics. I am trying to choke down as much yogurt as possible to deter thrush. It has only gotten so better though and it looks like I will have to go in and see the doctor. I so don't have time.
-I also have to go get a 2 hour glucose test done today because my ACG something like that test showed my glucose levels are still elevated. I asked the doctor if I am diabetic if pregnancy brought this on and he said I was probably becoming diabetic. Oh well, I guess I cannot live on chocolate chip bagels after all.
December 15, 2004
Tony, Tony, come around...
Library book. Staples (the store.) Called the store, told nobody's turned it in. Went there, personally checked every shopping cart I could find, didn't see it.
St Anthony, help!
UPDATE: Found! by the nice manager at Staples. Picked it up -- and went straight to the library to return it!
At the rate we're going, St Anthony may need his own category pretty soon.
December 13, 2004
Tony, Tony Come Around
My husband purchased tickets to take Rosey Posey to the Hilary Duff concert January 24. He put them someplace and cannot remember where-which is more like me not at all like him.
They were a bit more money than we would like to see lost...And he is very upset because he never loses things.
Update: You guys are good! Thank you St. Anthony! I found the tickets on the windowsill in plain view. They were not there before!
November 11, 2004
Blogger in need of prayer
St Blog's anchoress, Karen Marie Knapp, one of those people whose prayers keep the universe from falling apart, could use prayers herself -- she is in the hospital with cellulitis and pneumonia and had surgery on Tuesday.
October 24, 2004
James Cardinal Hickey 1920-2004
Please pray for the soul of James Cardinal Hickey, archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Washington, who died this morning at the age of 84.
Cardinal Hickey once did me a great kindness. One year, we were invited to write down our prayer requests on our pledge cards for the Cardinal's Stewardship Appeal. So I wrote mine in -- and, a few weeks later, received a personal note from the Cardinal assuring me of his prayers for my intention. And my prayer was answered a couple of years later when Hambet was born.
Archdiocese of Washington news release
His coat of arms and episcopal motto
September 6, 2004
...in hac lacrimarum valle....
...for the victims of the terrorist attack in Russia...
...for the repose of the soul of Alicia's young cousin Sophia...
...for the victims of Hurricane Frances in Florida and the Bahamas...
...and for a close friend who has had a death in her family -- a relative suddenly lost her unborn baby less than two weeks before his due date. Please pray for the little one and for his grieving family. Thanks.
September 2, 2004
Urgent prayer request
on behalf of Steven, dear Mr Luse, and all the Floridians that might be facing this hurricane.
August 13, 2004
Assumption Novena: Day 8
Please join us in this month's novena for the Assumption. Intentions will be listed in the extended entry; please feel free to add your own intentions in the comments box.
Nathan is also doing a novena for the Assumption.
National Shrine : Assumption Novena
Novena Prayer in Honor of the Assumption of Mary
Mary, full of grace, all generations rejoice to call you blessed and to acknowledge the great things that God your Savior has done for you. In preserving you from the stain of sin, God already prepared you to be taken to the place that had been readied for you in heaven. As we commemorate this Assumption of your body and soul into heaven, we recall that you intercede for us powerfully in your reign as Queen of the Universe and that you remember us tenderly as Mother of the Church. Seeking the help of your power and the consolation of your gentle compassion, we ask that you join us in praying for the intentions that we now entrust to your loving attention.
As you join in presenting these petitions to our Father in heaven, pray too that we may accept God's response to our petitions with the spirit of joy that marked your life on earth and which now fills your soul in heaven. Help us to long for our own heavenly inheritance, so that we might join with you in praising God's goodness forever. Amen.
For protection for those threatened by the hurricanes.
August 12, 2004
Assumption Novena: Day 7
Please join us in this month's novena for the Assumption. Intentions will be listed in the extended entry; please feel free to add your own intentions in the comments box.
Nathan is also doing a novena for the Assumption.
National Shrine : Assumption Novena
Novena Prayer in Honor of the Assumption of Mary
Mary, full of grace, all generations rejoice to call you blessed and to acknowledge the great things that God your Savior has done for you. In preserving you from the stain of sin, God already prepared you to be taken to the place that had been readied for you in heaven. As we commemorate this Assumption of your body and soul into heaven, we recall that you intercede for us powerfully in your reign as Queen of the Universe and that you remember us tenderly as Mother of the Church. Seeking the help of your power and the consolation of your gentle compassion, we ask that you join us in praying for the intentions that we now entrust to your loving attention.
As you join in presenting these petitions to our Father in heaven, pray too that we may accept God's response to our petitions with the spirit of joy that marked your life on earth and which now fills your soul in heaven. Help us to long for our own heavenly inheritance, so that we might join with you in praising God's goodness forever. Amen.
For protection for those threatened by the hurricanes.
August 10, 2004
Assumption Novena: Day 5
Please join us in this month's novena for the Assumption. Intentions will be listed in the extended entry; please feel free to add your own intentions in the comments box.
Nathan is also doing a novena for the Assumption.
National Shrine : Assumption Novena
Novena Prayer in Honor of the Assumption of Mary
Mary, full of grace, all generations rejoice to call you blessed and to acknowledge the great things that God your Savior has done for you. In preserving you from the stain of sin, God already prepared you to be taken to the place that had been readied for you in heaven. As we commemorate this Assumption of your body and soul into heaven, we recall that you intercede for us powerfully in your reign as Queen of the Universe and that you remember us tenderly as Mother of the Church. Seeking the help of your power and the consolation of your gentle compassion, we ask that you join us in praying for the intentions that we now entrust to your loving attention.
As you join in presenting these petitions to our Father in heaven, pray too that we may accept God's response to our petitions with the spirit of joy that marked your life on earth and which now fills your soul in heaven. Help us to long for our own heavenly inheritance, so that we might join with you in praising God's goodness forever. Amen.
August 9, 2004
Assumption Novena: Day 4
Please join us in this month's novena for the Assumption. Intentions will be listed in the extended entry; please feel free to add your own intentions in the comments box.
Nathan is also doing a novena for the Assumption.
National Shrine : Assumption Novena
Novena Prayer in Honor of the Assumption of Mary
Mary, full of grace, all generations rejoice to call you blessed and to acknowledge the great things that God your Savior has done for you. In preserving you from the stain of sin, God already prepared you to be taken to the place that had been readied for you in heaven. As we commemorate this Assumption of your body and soul into heaven, we recall that you intercede for us powerfully in your reign as Queen of the Universe and that you remember us tenderly as Mother of the Church. Seeking the help of your power and the consolation of your gentle compassion, we ask that you join us in praying for the intentions that we now entrust to your loving attention.
As you join in presenting these petitions to our Father in heaven, pray too that we may accept God's response to our petitions with the spirit of joy that marked your life on earth and which now fills your soul in heaven. Help us to long for our own heavenly inheritance, so that we might join with you in praising God's goodness forever. Amen.
August 7, 2004
Assumption Novena: Day 2
Please join us in this month's novena for the Assumption. Intentions will be listed in the extended entry; please feel free to add your own intentions in the comments box.
Nathan is also doing a novena for the Assumption.
National Shrine : Assumption Novena
Novena Prayer in Honor of the Assumption of Mary
Mary, full of grace, all generations rejoice to call you blessed and to acknowledge the great things that God your Savior has done for you. In preserving you from the stain of sin, God already prepared you to be taken to the place that had been readied for you in heaven. As we commemorate this Assumption of your body and soul into heaven, we recall that you intercede for us powerfully in your reign as Queen of the Universe and that you remember us tenderly as Mother of the Church. Seeking the help of your power and the consolation of your gentle compassion, we ask that you join us in praying for the intentions that we now entrust to your loving attention.
As you join in presenting these petitions to our Father in heaven, pray too that we may accept God's response to our petitions with the spirit of joy that marked your life on earth and which now fills your soul in heaven. Help us to long for our own heavenly inheritance, so that we might join with you in praising God's goodness forever. Amen.
August 6, 2004
Assumption Novena: Day 1
Pansy and I have long wanted to do a monthly novena on TSM. We made it in June, but I missed last month. Please join us in this month's novena. Intentions will be listed in the extended entry; please feel free to add your own intentions in the comments box.
Nathan is also doing a novena for the Assumption.
National Shrine : Assumption Novena
Novena Prayer in Honor of the Assumption of Mary
Mary, full of grace, all generations rejoice to call you blessed and to acknowledge the great things that God your Savior has done for you. In preserving you from the stain of sin, God already prepared you to be taken to the place that had been readied for you in heaven. As we commemorate this Assumption of your body and soul into heaven, we recall that you intercede for us powerfully in your reign as Queen of the Universe and that you remember us tenderly as Mother of the Church. Seeking the help of your power and the consolation of your gentle compassion, we ask that you join us in praying for the intentions that we now entrust to your loving attention.
As you join in presenting these petitions to our Father in heaven, pray too that we may accept God's response to our petitions with the spirit of joy that marked your life on earth and which now fills your soul in heaven. Help us to long for our own heavenly inheritance, so that we might join with you in praising God's goodness forever. Amen.
Prayer request for M'Lynn...
June 9, 2004
"Behold the Heart that has so loved men": Sacred Heart novena
The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart is next Friday. Today is a good day to start a novena. For my personal intentions, I have a little intention and two big ones.
Divine Jesus, You have said, "Ask and you shall receive; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you." Behold me kneeling at Your feet, filled with a lively faith and confidence in the promises dictated by Your Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary. I come to ask this favor: (Mention your request).To whom can I turn if not to You, Whose Heart is the source of all graces and merits? Where should I seek if not in the treasure which contains all the riches of Your kindness and mercy? Where should I knock if not at the door through which God gives Himself to us and through which we go to God? I have recourse to You, Heart of Jesus. In You I find consolation when afflicted, protection when persecuted, strength when burdened with trials, and light in doubt and darkness.
Dear Jesus, I firmly believe that You can grant me the grace I implore, even though it should require a miracle. You have only to will it and my prayer will be granted. I admit that I am most unworthy of Your favors, but this is not a reason for me to be discouraged. You are the God of mercy, and You will not refuse a contrite heart. Cast upon me a look of mercy, I beg of You, and Your kind Heart will find in my miseries and weakness a reason for granting my prayer.
Sacred Heart, whatever may be Your decision with regard to my request, I will never stop adoring, loving, praising, and serving You. My Jesus, be pleased to accept this my act of perfect resignation to the decrees of Your adorable Heart, which I sincerely desire may be fulfilled in and by me and all Your creatures forever.
Grant me the grace for which I humbly implore You through the Immaculate Heart of Your most sorrowful Mother. You entrusted me to her as her child, and her prayers are all-powerful with You. Amen.
May 18, 2004
Birthday Novena for the Holy Father: Day 9
May the Lord preserve our Holy Father Pope John Paul II, give him life, and make him blessed upon earth, and deliver him not to the will of his enemies.
O God, the Shepherd and Ruler of all the faithful, in Thy mercy look down upon Thy servant, John Paul, whom Thou has appointed to preside over Thy Church, and grant we beseech Thee that both by word and example he may edify those who are under his charge, so that, with the flock entrusted to him, he may attain life everlasting. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Happy Birthday to our Holy Father!
May 17, 2004
Two Prayer Requests
*Gorbulas has had a stomach virus since wednesday he cannot seem to shake. The doctor said diarrhea and vomiting can last for like ten days, so she did not seem to worried. I am his Mommy so I am worried. He will not sick to the BRAT diet (like who can blame him). Please pray he does not get dehydrated.
*I have a nasty migraine. It is Monday and I have so much to do today in this condition, please say a prayer it goes well. My first OB appointment ins scheduled for today and between the two, I do not see myself making it.
Birthday Novena for the Holy Father: Day 8
May the Lord preserve our Holy Father Pope John Paul II, give him life, and make him blessed upon earth, and deliver him not to the will of his enemies.
O God, the Shepherd and Ruler of all the faithful, in Thy mercy look down upon Thy servant, John Paul, whom Thou has appointed to preside over Thy Church, and grant we beseech Thee that both by word and example he may edify those who are under his charge, so that, with the flock entrusted to him, he may attain life everlasting. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
May 16, 2004
Urgent prayer request
Please pray for Alicia's sister-in-law, who is critically ill with a ruptured brain aneurysm. She is undergoing surgery right now to relieve the pressure on her brain.
Birthday Novena for the Holy Father: Day 7
May the Lord preserve our Holy Father Pope John Paul II, give him life, and make him blessed upon earth, and deliver him not to the will of his enemies.
O God, the Shepherd and Ruler of all the faithful, in Thy mercy look down upon Thy servant, John Paul, whom Thou has appointed to preside over Thy Church, and grant we beseech Thee that both by word and example he may edify those who are under his charge, so that, with the flock entrusted to him, he may attain life everlasting. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
May 15, 2004
Birthday Novena for the Holy Father: Day 6
May the Lord preserve our Holy Father Pope John Paul II, give him life, and make him blessed upon earth, and deliver him not to the will of his enemies.
O God, the Shepherd and Ruler of all the faithful, in Thy mercy look down upon Thy servant, John Paul, whom Thou has appointed to preside over Thy Church, and grant we beseech Thee that both by word and example he may edify those who are under his charge, so that, with the flock entrusted to him, he may attain life everlasting. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
May 14, 2004
Birthday Novena for the Holy Father: Day 5
Please join us in offering a Novena for the Holy Father's intentions in honor of his birthday (May 18):
May the Lord preserve our Holy Father Pope John Paul II, give him life, and make him blessed upon earth, and deliver him not to the will of his enemies.
O God, the Shepherd and Ruler of all the faithful, in Thy mercy look down upon Thy servant, John Paul, whom Thou has appointed to preside over Thy Church, and grant we beseechThee that both by word and example he may edify those who are under his charge, so that, with the flock entrusted to him, he may attain life everlasting. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
May 13, 2004
Birthday Novena for the Holy Father: Day 4
Please join us in offering a Novena for the Holy Father's intentions in honor of his birthday (May 18):
May the Lord preserve our Holy Father Pope John Paul II, give him life, and make him blessed upon earth, and deliver him not to the will of his enemies.
O God, the Shepherd and Ruler of all the faithful, in Thy mercy look down upon Thy servant, John Paul, whom Thou has appointed to preside over Thy Church, and grant we beseech Thee that both by word and example he may edify those who are under his charge, so that, with the flock entrusted to him, he may attain life everlasting. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
May 11, 2004
Prayer request from Victor...
April 2, 2004
As Usual
I can use some prayers. The past few months my life has been one thing after another, and I suppose from the outside it could be deduced I am a chaos addict or something, but I swear the calmer I try to keep things, the more they explode. I do not know what I am doing wrong anymore. Well, I to take a stab at it, I have been mediocre in my attempts at a great many responsibilities. But I feel like I am being pulled thin is so many directions and just squeaking by in all my responsibilities, but not getting one done really, really well. I wish I could take a break from life for a bit.
March 29, 2004
I could use some prayers
Later today I have to compose an email that will require all kinds of things I don't do well, skills like tact and delicacy and gentleness and interpersonal sensitivity and telling-the-truth-in-love -- you know, all that E.Q. stuff.
March 11, 2004
Prayer request for Samuel
Steven Riddle's little boy Samuel has been fighting a tummy bug all week, and was sick enough to require IV rehydration yesterday. Poor guy! (Poor mommy and daddy!) Please pray for his quick recovery.
January 22, 2004
Father Groeschel's waking up
From Father Sudano's letter of January 21.
When I was doing bedside nursing I mostly took care of people who had had heart and chest surgery, and it was not unusual for elders to take a while --like weeks and weeks -- to fully wake up after surgery, especially if they were frail or had experienced complications. One of the head nurses would say, "What Mr So-and-so needs now is a little 'Tincture of Time.'"
Prayer, patience, and vigilance.
January 16, 2004
Specific Prayer Requests for Father Groeschel
Father Glenn Sudano posts again on Father Groechel's condition, with specific prayers and requests for works of mercy and piety.
Sounds like they were able to set the fracture in Father's arm yesterday, but that tomorrow will be a crucial prayer day: they may be setting the break in his leg, and implanting a device to help prevent emboli (blood clots) from reaching his heart and brain.
Thanks to Alicia for the link.
January 14, 2004
Please pray for the victims of this horrific accident
I-95 Reopened After Truck Accident
...a tank truck carrying flammable liquid plunged over a concrete barrier on a highway overpass in northeastern Howard County and landed in heavy traffic on Interstate 95....(WaPo, marketing questions)...At least five vehicles were confirmed caught in the fiery wreck, which encompassed all four northbound lanes. Flames burned for more than three hours, igniting a five-acre brush fire along the shoulder and complicating early efforts to determine how many vehicles and victims were involved. The vehicles involved were the tanker, two tractor-trailers, a pickup truck and another passenger vehicle.
This happened not far from Baltimore-Washington Internation Airport.
UPDATE: the latest is four confirmed fatalities
January 12, 2004
A little bit more on Fr Groeschel
Here.
I just heard on EWTN radio that Father will be taken to surgery today.
UPDATE: From Deal Hudson's Crisis e-list:
Details are still sketchy, but sources say that Fr. Groeschel was walking to a restaurant in Orlando when he was hit by a car near the Orlando International Airport. He's now in intensive care at the Orlando Regional Medical Center in critical but stable condition.We spoke with Fr. Groeschel's assistant this morning who confirmed
the news, saying that the situation didn't look good. "We need
nothing short of a miracle," she said.At this point, the most important thing we can do is pray. The
Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is broadcasting a Holy Hour
for him this morning, and Fr. Groeschel's assistant requested that we
ask for prayers from St. Francis, the founder of the order, and St.
Augustine, who has been Fr. Groeschel's favorite all his life.
January 10, 2004
Prayer for the Repose of a Soul
My husband's first cousin, whose name was Joel Ramos, was murdered this week. He was only 21 years old.
January 7, 2004
Tony, Tony, come around....
one little blue hat with a fire truck on the front (the one I sincerely thought I had put in the hat basket!) Hambet loved it so much, and that silly hat has been getting itself lost since it first came into our house. Please help us find the hat, and help it grow to accept domestication.
still looking for that triangle striker
Thank you,
Your petitioner,
Peony
I may just add this to the sidebar.
December 22, 2003
A small prayer request....
I came down with the flu yesterday. I don't think it's that dangerous kind; it's just one of those viruses that cause discomfort way out of proportion to their real severity ("I'm not that sick, why do I feel so awful?")
so here it is, the last few days before Christmas, and I can hardly get my head off the couch. If I don't get better before Tuesday evening we may have to postpone the Christmas dinner we have planned with friends.
UPDATE, TUESDAY MORNING: wow, we have powerful intercessors here! Between prayers, rest, and ibuprofen, I was revived enough by noon to do some baking and some (urgently needed) laundry. This morning the fever and body aches are completely gone. I still have a scratchy throat, but I can live with that. I still need to discuss Christmas with our guests -- they may not want to bring their little children around until I've been better longer.
December 10, 2003
Please pray for Mrs Riddle
Steven writes that his wife is scheduled to be admitted to the hospital this afternoon, and asks for prayers for her -- and for their little boy, who will probably be at least a little disconcerted by Mommy going to the hospital.
October 21, 2003
A Small Prayer Request
My husband is a driver for FedEx. He is currently what you call a "swing" courier. He is responsible for knowing all the other routes and filling in when others are out. It is good because it is a higher paid position and he is pretty far up in seniority in this position so he gets pretty good vacations. The downside is his schedule changes each week and we never know what it is. We have been doing this for years, but we are sick of it. My husband works many days where he leaves at 5 something in the morning and comes home 8 at night.
A new day route has opened up for bid and it will benefit us because it is in our new area. We can count on when he comes and goes and he can come home for lunch. Please say a little prayer that he gets this route. Thanks in advance.
October 17, 2003
Struggling With My Faith
A couple of months ago, I blogged about a sort of "Dark Night of the Soul" I was going through and I am ashamed to say it has not gotten better, but has gotten worse. I am ashamed because I know better, that my relationship with God can only be repaired by my actions, ashamed because I know logically God is there and is there for me, ashamed because I know faith is not merely about feel good emotions and the first time I am not "feeling good", I am dropping the ball, and ashamed because the events in my life-well I have so much to be grateful and thankful for. Look at poor Terri, she was abused and the courts cannot even defend her, but have sentenced her to a slow painful death as a result. Man, I do not even have the words to describe how horrible that is. So if I know so much better, why are my emotions towards God so out of whack?
I was wondering if I am angry at God because of the events of the past summer (Gorbulas being hospitalized, marital woes and a bunch of other stuff) and the answer is no, not angry, but sort of numb. I think I have had a few breaks through. I have been very stressed over Gorbulas' asthma. On Monday he came down with sniffles. I was determined to do everything I can to avert an asthma attack. I started with his nebuliser every four hours around the clock. I began with his Pulmocort every twelve hours. Three days after treatment, he had a minor asthma attack, despite the Singulair, Pulmocort and albuterol around the clock. I realised it is out of my hands. I thought I had control over it, but I do not. I was just giving myself a headache when I should have been giving it to God. Not that I should not do everything I can, but I have been losing much sleep over trying to figure out ways to avert another asthma attack to no avail. This may sound terrible, but I have been able to trust in God's Providence in giving souls to me, perhaps I should trust in Him when it comes to taking them back? No, I am so not planning on sending any souls back to God at all, I am just saying that I can only do what I can do, which I will continue to do but I should leave the rest to Him.
I just have been so numb for so many months, I do not know how to get back to that. If a prayer can be spared, it would be appreciated. I think my husband has been at this place a little longer than I have. This scares me because one of us has to fight for the family on a spiritual leve, and neither one of us seems to be.
September 22, 2003
Grandma Update
I talked to my mom this morning. It sounds like Grandma's fluid balance got way off and she developed pulmonary and pericardial edema (fluid around the lungs and heart.) She is responding well to treatment and is in excellent spirits -- when my mom was getting ready to pick up some of her things from the farm, she told my mom to bring her a nice outfit to wear home!
Mom says Grandma's not out of the woods yet, but I'm feeling optimistic. I hope her doctor manages to hit that fluid balance "sweet spot" again with her medication.
September 21, 2003
Another Prayer Request
My sister called this morning to let me know that our 93-year-old grandmother is in the hospital. Apparently she had chest pain and shortness of breath. Our mother is with her, so perhaps she'll be able to give us an update tonight or tomorrow.
At this point, that's all I know. Grandma still lives by herself (with plenty of people checking up on her) in the farmhouse where she's lived for over 70 years. Up to now, she has firmly refused to even consider moving. but she has grown much more frail this summer. So I'm not sure where this is going to lead. I just hope it's not to a nursing home.
September 10, 2003
Prayers are urgently needed for
Prayers are urgently needed for Terri Schiavo!
Elinor Dashwood weighs in on the Terri Schiavo case:
Mrs. Schiavo collapsed in 1990, and here is where the questions begin: her husband says that her many broken bones - in the hip, leg, chest, back, knees, and ankles - were injured in her fall when she collapsed. My opinion is that they might all have been broken if she'd fallen off a three-story building onto a concrete pavement, but hardly in a fall onto a household surface; her femur (thigh bone) was broken, for heaven's sake, and that's a large, heavy bone that takes some breaking....
Here is a link to the results of the bone scan that revealed these fractures.
I like Elinor's post for all the big reasons: her spirited defense of Terri, her spot-on analysis of the case, her observations on the culture of death, and her tying it all in to one of her favorite topics, the necessity of being guided by justice and duty instead of self-gratification.
(I also like it for a little reason: her introducing me to the word "stemwinder." What a perfect little word!)
Prayers are still needed for Terri! Tomorrow, September 11th, Judge Greer is scheduled to set a date for removal of the feeding tube. If Judge Greer does not defer this, pending the resolution of the actions in federal court, Terri will soon begin her slow, agonizing death by starvation and dehydration.
August 8, 2003
A prayer request Bill White
A prayer request
Bill White of Minute Particulars is requesting prayers for his wife.
Thanks to alicia for the heads-up.