Please say a prayer of thanksgiving to our Lord

Thanks be to God!!!

Please pray for Paul, he was hit by a small truck while riding his bike on June 14th. He suffered severe head injury, fractured ribs and a punctured lung. He is in ICU and hasn’t regained consciousness.
Please pray for the Lord to help him in his recovery and regain consciousness, help bring comfort to his family and for his wife and little boy. He is a member of our School family, please offer your prayers and support for him!
Here is a link to a blog that gives updates.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen

Update-

William Reece Kemmerly died very peacefully June 18th in the arms of his mother surrounded by his family and the loving Cleveland Clinic staff. Continue reading their journal by clicking on the link provided above.

Please pray for peace for the family. That little boy now sees all the joys of heaven and can now be an intercessor for his family. Little Reece, pray for us.

Here is a great prayer :

Unfailing Prayer to Saint Anthony
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.

O Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of Saints, your love for God and Charity for His creatures made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited on your word, which you were ever ready to speak for those in trouble or anxiety. Encouraged by this thought, I implore of you to obtain for me (request). The answer to my prayer may require a miracle. Even so, you are the saint of Miracles.

O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the Sweet Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms, and the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours.

Amen. (Say 13 Our Fathers, Hail Marys, and Glorias)
Prayer Source: Prayers from Various Holy Cards

 Here are some great links about St. Anthony and great ideas and activities to do with your family. I am going to try to bake some bread to teach about how St. Anthony’s bread came about.

I especially like to read the list about the gift of miracles God gave him.                                           

     Among these miracles:

• In Rimini, an ass which hadn’t eaten in three days refused the oats placed before him, till he had knelt down and adored the Blessed Sacrament held in St. Anthony’s hands. 
   
• Some Italian heretics offered him poisoned food which he rendered harmless by the sign of the cross.
     
• On Holy Thursday, while preaching in the Church of St. Pierre du Queriox at Limoges, he remembered he had to sing the Divine Office in the choir. He bilocated, appearing among the friars to sing, and continued on with his preaching.
   
• Again while preaching in Limoges (in the square des creux des Arenes), he miraculously kept his audience dry from the rain.
   
• During the sermon at St. Junien, he rightfully predicted that the devil would cause the pulpit to break, but that everyone would be safe.
    
• Either in the province of Limousin at the Castle of Chateauneuf-la-Forêt, between Limoges and Eymoutiers or at Camposanpiero, near Padua, the Infant Jesus was seen by fellow friars visiting with St. Anthony in his room.
   
• On his way back to Italy after the death of St. Francis (3 October, 1226), he travelled through Provence where, tired from travel, he and his companions entered the house of a poor woman, who placed bread and wine before them. She had forgotten, though, to shut off the tap of the wine-barrel — and as the wine was running out, one of Anthony’s companions broke his glass. Anthony prayed, and the wine barrel was filled up again and the glass was made whole.
   
• Among his last sermons were those preached during Lent of 1231. Huge crowds of people — 30,000 and more — gathered to hear him. His powerful oratory — and the fact that Athony would appear to many of the people in visions urging repentance — caused so great a number of people to want to repent, that there weren’t enough priests to deal with them. These visions — often taking place in dreams — occurred after his death, too.
   
• In Padua, a young man named Leonardo kicked his own mother in a fit of anger. He confessed his fault to St. Anthony who said to him: “The foot of him who kicks his mother deserves to be cut off.” Leonardo ran home and cut off his foot. Learning of this, St. Anthony took the amputated foot and miraculously rejoined it.
• Also, one more- St. Anthony’s Bread refers to an episode told in the Rigaldina, the oldest life of St. Anthony. A Paduan mother, who lived near the Basilica during its construction, had left little Thomas, her 20 month old son, alone in the kitchen. The little boy, while playing, ended up head first in a tub of water. His mother found him lifeless. She screamed desperately but she didn’t give up. She called on the Saint. She made a vow: if she obtained the blessing of her child back to life, she would donate to the poor bread equal to the weight of her son to the poor. Her prayer was answered.

Near Padua took place the famous “sermon to the fishes” when, to impress heretics, he preached the word of God and the fishes poked their heads out of the water to listen.

Have a blessed day!

Lord please give him the gift of your healing touch.

Please pray for Daniel’s father also, he has not been found to be notified of this tragic news. My husband’s aunt, Rochelle was close to them and is having a hard time with, as well as my husband’s mother and all the siblings and family.

Please, if you can say the Divine Mercy Chaplet for Daniel. If you do not have that much time to devote, please say this prayer from the Divine Mercy. Please ask our Lord to apply your intentions to Daniel’s hour of death.
Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Also, nothing can take away the pain out of such a terrible tragedy. We ask God’s will to be done and if good can come of this, to give grace to all who need it to serve his Holy Will. Please pray for the soul of the man who took Daniel’s life. If there can be a conversion sometime in this man’s life, than that would be Daniel’s victory over satan. For satan to win the soul of a sinner is a tragedy for our Lord also, if our prayers can defeat the works of satan then it can be done in Daniel’s name and give our Lord his victory.

St. Catherine of Sienna, this is your feast day. Please pray for Daniel and his family. Mother Mary, please ask your Son to comfort this family, and pray for Daniel.

St. Rita of Cascia, patron saint of the impossible, please pray for the man who took Daniel’s life.

Thank you and God Bless,
Michele

 Here is the latest news from a member of our group. The email was sent out 4/22

Thank you all so much for your prayer for this precious little one.
  Please continue to pray for my little cousin T and his parents!

He’s still not gaining weigh even after they inserted a G-tube (the
insertion site also became infected).  Last night (4/20) was the most
challenging night in T’s young life. T’s in the Pediatric ICU,
and last night was experiencing all of the symptoms of congestive heart
failure. He slept a total of 5-7 minutes from 10PM into the until noon
the next day. His heart rate was averaging around 217 bpm, and he was
not able to maintain an oxygen saturation level of much more than 85%.
And his respiratory rate was around 80. He was screaming all night long,
and nothing that the nurses or doctors could do would calm him. His
chest x-ray showed a high level of fluid around his lungs. When dawn
broke, it was looking more and more like baby T would be getting his surgery
much sooner than we had expected.   The Dr. examined baby T and decided that the first course of action  for today would be to insert a central line in either his groin or neck. He would use the central line to administor a more aggressive combination of lasix and diuretics to help Baby T expel the fluid around his lungs. This turned out to be a very stressful experience. First, in order to insert the line into his neck, they would have to sedate him . Second, baby’s with down syndrome have “loose” skin which makes inserting an IV or drawing blood fairly difficult. In addition to the typical challenges with penetrating a vein or artery, Baby T has very thin veins at this young age. We watched the Dr trying to insert a line in his groin and neck for over an hour; and never get it in.  The Dr.  then decided that he
would insert an arterial line in his wrist. So,  my cousin and I watched him try that for an hour with no luck. Then he decided that he would try the same in his groin. Poor baby T was getting poked everywhere, and it all seemed for not. Then, as the Dr. was trying to find the artery in baby T’s groin, he penetrated the vein. Luckily the Dr. had a central line kit available and instead of the arterial line, he ended up with the central line after all. It may sound like the Dr.  didn’t know what he was doing; however, he is one of the most professional and caring doctors we have met in the pediatrics here at the hospital.  With his central line, two IVs, and oral medication, baby T has been able to expel some of the fluid around his lungs. His stats are now within acceptable ranges and he appears to be feeling much better this evening.  Your thoughts and prayers continue to help baby T deal with the many challenges that are thrown his way.

Please keep praying!!!

UPDATE!!! 5/27

Baby T is now home and recovering well with his family. Thank you God, all Glory and Honor are your’s forever and ever!