Urgent Prayer Request

One last thing before I go. Barbara Nicolosi Harrington writes:

My family has just received some very difficult news and I wanted to ask all of you to join with us in prayer.

My younger sister, Valerie, the opera sister, was just diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. The doctors have said it is a very aggressive cancer and they are readying her for surgery on Monday.

Valerie is 36 and was married in 2009, just two days before Norris and I. She and her husband Gary live in Colorado Springs where Gary has a job as the Director of Religious Education for a small Catholic parish. They don’t have a lot of money, but they had more than enough joy this past September as Valerie delivered their first little girl, Anamarie.

The baby is only four months old and we are all so worried that her mother will be very sick in the next few months. There are also other ramifications for future pregnancies depending on the severity and type of treatment Valerie has to undergo.

Will you please join us in praying very hard for Valerie, for Gary and for baby Anamarie? Please pray that we can find wonderful doctors and a supportive community to help them all through this.

My only consolation today is in being part of this wonderful Church and knowing that I can lean on all of you for the mysterious and triumphant power of your prayers. Someone told me today that every bad thing she has ever gone through has ended up being a blessing. This is the Christian difference, that we suffer but with serenity and hope. Please pray for these things for my family right now.

If you would like to send Valerie a message of support letting you know you are praying for her, her email is valnic33-at-sbcglobal.net.

Thank you so much. God bless –

Father hear our pray for Valerie’s complete healing and for her family and all who love her. Grant skill to her caregivers, total healing to her and grace, peace, consolation and strength all who love her through Christ our Lord. Be especially with Anamarie. Mother Mary, St. Luke and St. Peregrine, pray for her! We ask all this through Christ our Lord. Amen!