Please Pray

Jessicas_saintFor Jessica and her family.
Why,  my Lord—dare I ask why? It will not hear the whisper of the wind or see the beauty of its parents’ face—it will not see the beauty of Your creation or the flame of a sunrise. Why, my Lord?

“Why, My child—do you ask ‘why’? Well, I will tell you why. You see, the child lives. Instead of the wind he hears the sound of angels singing before My throne. Instead of the beauty that passes he sees everlasting Beauty—he sees My face. He was created and lived a short time so the image of his parents imprinted on his face may stand before Me as their personal intercessor. He knows secrets of heaven unknown to men on earth. He laughs with a special joy that only the innocent possess. My ways are not the ways of man. I create for My Kingdom and each creature fills a place in that Kingdom that could not be filled by ; another. He was created for My joy and his parents’ merits. He has never seen pain or sin. He has never felt hunger or pain. I breathed a soul into a seed, made it grow and called it forth.” I  am humbled before you, my Lord, for questioning Your wisdom, goodness,  and love. I speak as a fool—forgive me. I acknowledge Your sovereign  rights over life and death. I thank You for the life that began for so  short a time to enjoy so long an Eternity. Mother M. Angelica

Prayer Request

I got an email this morning from the NICU. One of the babies who was there with Sarah has taken a turn for the worse and is in very serious condition.  Please pray for this very little guy and his family and the doctors and nurses who will care for him.
Prayer for the Sick
            Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep.
            
            Tend your sick ones, O Lord Christ.
            Rest your weary ones.
            Bless your dying ones.
            Soothe your suffering ones.
            Pity your afflicted ones.
            Shield your joyous ones.
            And for all your love's sake. Amen.
            

            Saint Augustine