{"id":3889,"date":"2017-05-02T09:48:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T17:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/kateohare\/?p=3889"},"modified":"2017-05-05T09:29:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T17:29:17","slug":"healing-prayers-needed-jimmy-kimmels-son-jeannie-gaffigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kateohare\/2017\/05\/healing-prayers-needed-jimmy-kimmels-son-jeannie-gaffigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing Prayers Needed for Jimmy Kimmel’s Son and Jeannie Gaffigan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

$\"Jimmy-Kimmel-Jeannie-Gaffigan\"$ <\/a>In the last day or so, stories surfaced about Catholic-celebrity health challenges, so get those prayers ready for the infant son of Jimmy Kimmel, and for Jeannie Gaffigan, wife and creative partner of comedian Jim Gaffigan.<\/p>\n

At the opening of last night\u2019s (May 1) \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d on ABC, the host gave an emotional opening monologue<\/a> that spoke about the heart surgery his infant son, Billy, had to have shortly after birth in Los Angeles. Don\u2019t worry, the story has a happy ending, but any parent will relate to the rollercoaster of emotions Jimmy and wife Molly \u2014 a co-head writer on his show \u2014 experienced.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\nUPDATE: On May 2, Kimmel posted this to Twitter, showing wife Molly, baby Billy and big sister Jane \u2026<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/524\/2017\/05\/Jimmy-Kimmel-Family.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3898\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3898\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/524\/2017\/05\/Jimmy-Kimmel-Family.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy-Kimmel-Family\" width=\"820\" height=\"592\"><\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nAlso on May 1, Catholic comedian Jim Gaffigan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JimGaffigan\/?ref=br_rs\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">took to Facebook<\/a>\u00a0with this announcement:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/524\/2017\/05\/Jim-Gaffigan-Facebook-Jeannie-Gaffigan-brain-tumor.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3892\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3892\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/524\/2017\/05\/Jim-Gaffigan-Facebook-Jeannie-Gaffigan-brain-tumor.jpg\" alt=\"Jim-Gaffigan-Facebook-Jeannie-Gaffigan-brain-tumor\" width=\"600\" height=\"205\"><\/a><\/p>\nJeannie Gaffigan \u2014 who has five children with her husband \u2014 also put out a social-media post of her own, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BTkWQ-rg-Db\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">via Instagram<\/a>:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/524\/2017\/05\/Jeannie-Gaffigan-hospital-brain-tumor.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3893\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3893\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/524\/2017\/05\/Jeannie-Gaffigan-hospital-brain-tumor.jpg\" alt=\"Jeannie-Gaffigan-hospital-brain-tumor\" width=\"600\" height=\"297\"><\/a><\/p>\nThe Gaffigans are active and vocal Catholics, whereas Kimmel was raised Catholic, but doesn\u2019t discuss it much in public. Let\u2019s hope that healing grace and an increase of faith descend on them all.<\/p>\nImages: Courtesy\u00a0Wikimedia Commons\/ABC\/Facebook: Jim Gaffigan\/Instagram: Jeannie Gaffigan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nDon\u2019t miss a thing: head over to my other home, as Social Media Manager at\u00a0<a class=\"ext-link decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/familytheaterhcfm\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-wpel-target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">Family Theater Productions<\/a>; and check out FTP\u2019s <a class=\"ext-link decorated-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.familytheater.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-wpel-target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">Faith & Family Media Blog<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latenight talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel’s infant son and Jeannie Gaffigan both had to undergo life-saving surgery — and both 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