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Traditional Catholic Faith => The Sacred: Catholic Liturgy, Chant, Prayers => Topic started by: DigitalLogos on August 03, 2021, 07:19:53 PM
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My mother just called to inform me that she is taking my father to the ER because he is going into kidney failure, kind of out of nowhere. His name is Brian.
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Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.
Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.
Amen.
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We will pray for Brian, you and your family.
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Praying and pray also to St Benedict, patron of kidney disease
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Thank you for your prayers
A little update: he's being admitted to the hospital, it is looking like it could be kidney failure or some sort of prostate blockage. Providentially, he had an appointment recently where they did blood work and saw that his levels were critical. So, God-willing it's been caught early enough before things got worse.
But hey, I've got a kidney he can have if it comes to it. Please keep him in your prayers. God bless you all
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Another update: kidneys are getting better, but now it's looking more like bone or bone marrow cancer.
Keep those prayers coming please
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Well, looks like my dad is in for another rough year. He was ready to get a marrow transplant going for his bone cancer, but now they found cancer on his appendix that they need to try and tackle first.
Please pray for him, his name is Brian
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my brother Steve (an ex STAS seminarian himself, received all the Minor Orders) had a self-donated marrow transplant for his lymphoma, but it didn't work. It was a very unpleasant and painful experience for him. He regretted it later.
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my brother Steve (an ex STAS seminarian himself, received all the Minor Orders) had a self-donated marrow transplant for his lymphoma, but it didn't work. It was a very unpleasant and painful experience for him. He regretted it later.
Well, maybe there's something Providential about this. As a positive, I noticed my dad was wearing a cross pendant again at Christmas, so maybe the face of mortality is making him "relapse" back toward his childhood Catholic faith again. God-willing. He has an in-road back through me, he just needs to act on it.
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Well, maybe there's something Providential about this. As a positive, I noticed my dad was wearing a cross pendant again at Christmas, so maybe the face of mortality is making him "relapse" back toward his childhood Catholic faith again. God-willing. He has an in-road back through me, he just needs to act on it.
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Everything is Providential. :)
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So sorry DL. I watched my father battle cancer for two years. It’s like a roller coaster praying and hoping for that miracle of healing at each turn.
God is good
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So much suffering everywhere lately.
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Well, maybe there's something Providential about this. As a positive, I noticed my dad was wearing a cross pendant again at Christmas, so maybe the face of mortality is making him "relapse" back toward his childhood Catholic faith again. God-willing. He has an in-road back through me, he just needs to act on it.
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Good news to hear that you were able to visit with him! What a blessing! Unless I have you confused with someone else, I thought you mentioned that you might not be able to see him because of the vax and your mom.
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Good news to hear that you were able to visit with him! What a blessing! Unless I have you confused with someone else, I thought you mentioned that you might not be able to see him because of the vax and your mom.
Oh yeah, she tried that angle, it didn't work because I'm pretty sure he chewed her out for it lol
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Well, maybe there's something Providential about this. As a positive, I noticed my dad was wearing a cross pendant again at Christmas, so maybe the face of mortality is making him "relapse" back toward his childhood Catholic faith again. God-willing. He has an in-road back through me, he just needs to act on it.
My family prays for the sick and the suffering "for their conversion and salvation and for the health and welfare they desire". You should send a priest to hear his general confession and give him Extreme Unction. Do not let your past experiences with your Dad delay this. Let God sort out the rest.
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My dad is undergoing some pretty substantial surgery today. Please pray for him.
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:pray: Let's put him in Our Lady's hands. Can't do better than that!
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My dad is undergoing some pretty substantial surgery today. Please pray for him.
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My dad is undergoing some pretty substantial surgery today. Please pray for him.
Praying the surgery went well
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My father is recovering very quickly and doing well. Thank you for all of your prayers. I'm hoping this takes care of whatever cancerous issues he was having in his bowels.
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My father is recovering very quickly and doing well. Thank you for all of your prayers. I'm hoping this takes care of whatever cancerous issues he was having in his bowels.
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I tried to respond to your thread the other day and couldn't, but I wanted to suggest a green scapular for your Dad--if you haven't already given him one? If there is any nonsense or outright hostile reluctance to his receiving it, you can always hide it in a flower pot, sew it into clothing if possible, put it under his mattress boxspring, that kind of thing. Or you can ask him if he would carry it in his wallet and if he says, "No," you can still hide it. There would be no sin in doing so, and it's not a talisman or lucky charm, but the goal is to have it nearby/on the person because it would be blessed by a Priest. (And of course anything blessed is a sacramental).
The green scapular does NOT require any sort of "enrollment" like the brown scapular does--just a simple blessing from a Priest will suffice for it.
The green scapular is very powerful for conversions and bringing people back to the Faith. If you are friendly terms with each other, would he accept one from you as a reminder that you "are thinking of him (and praying for him)?" It might set some people off, and others not. You know what would or would not work that way.
In any event, you would need to say the little prayer for him daily (for his conversion/reversion, whatever the case is), "Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death."
You could also sew a Miraculous Medal on the green scapular for more-bang-for-your-buck, or, better yet, ask him to wear it! Maybe get him a decent quality medal with a nice stainless steel chain and offer it as a "get well present?"
Just a couple of ideas. The green scapular WORKS, but it may take awhile. You have to leave it in Our Lady's hands. :-)
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My father is recovering very quickly and doing well. Thank you for all of your prayers. I'm hoping this takes care of whatever cancerous issues he was having in his bowels.
Great news. My father had a few inches of his large intestine remove to get rid of colon cancer, and it worked perfectly for him; there was no sign of its returning until he died of congestive heart failure about 10 years later at the age of 92.
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I tried to respond to your thread the other day and couldn't, but I wanted to suggest a green scapular for your Dad--if you haven't already given him one? If there is any nonsense or outright hostile reluctance to his receiving it, you can always hide it in a flower pot, sew it into clothing if possible, put it under his mattress boxspring, that kind of thing. Or you can ask him if he would carry it in his wallet and if he says, "No," you can still hide it. There would be no sin in doing so, and it's not a talisman or lucky charm, but the goal is to have it nearby/on the person because it would be blessed by a Priest. (And of course anything blessed is a sacramental).
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Just a couple of ideas. The green scapular WORKS, but it may take awhile. You have to leave it in Our Lady's hands. :-)
I've always been a little suspicious of the Green Scapular, thinking that it does sound a bit superstitious, like a magic charm, that works ex opere operato somehow. But then my sister-in-law married a rather zealous Prot (son of a preacher), and at one point she started putting the Green Scapular under his mattress, and a little while after she started doing it, he just came out of the blue and for the first time ever said that he was interested in Catholicism. He converted and was received into the Church (Eastern Rite).
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Just a couple of ideas. The green scapular WORKS, but it may take awhile. You have to leave it in Our Lady's hands. :-)
I will consider that Anne, thank you. I know I hid one in my wife's pillow years ago lol (no results yet, aside from being less hostile to my Faith). I'll see about hiding one around my dad's house or maybe offer it to him next chance I get one. Given that he's recovering pretty quickly (all things considered), prayers are certainly helping
Great news. My father had a few inches of his large intestine remove to get rid of colon cancer, and it worked perfectly for him; there was no sign of its returning until he died of congestive heart failure about 10 years later at the age of 92.
Yeah, he had some of his large intestine removed, as well as his appendix. And then they flushed his abdominal cavity with some sort of chemo concoction to nuke any other possible tumors. Just saw him a couple of minutes ago and he's crabby but doing much better.
After this he still won't be out of the woods because they'll have to turn back to treating his multiple myeloma. So please keep the prayers coming! :incense:
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Deo Gratias for good news! :pray:
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We will pray again for your father.
https://www.drfuhrman.com/health-concerns/74/kidney-failure
And a change of diet and fasting is good for cancer too.