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A reader writes:<\/p>\n

I am writing today to ask you and your readers to please pray for my grandfather who is dying.\u00a0 He is at home and my grandmother, mother and other relatives are with him.\u00a0 I spoke with my mom today and it is just a matter of a very short time.\u00a0 Please pray for him, for and for my grandmother and rest of my family.\u00a0 This has been very hard on all of us, and I find myself heartbroken and saddened, as I am unable to be with him.\u00a0 Thank you so much!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Father, grant this man the grace of a happy death through your Son Jesus Christ.\u00a0 Grant all who love him grace, peace, strength and consolation through the same Christ our Lord.\u00a0 Mother Mary, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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