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A reader writes:<\/p>\n

Sam, the child recovering from abdominal surgery, is slowly improving. His grandmother thanks everyone for their prayers:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe visited Sammy today, and he was\u00a0brave enough to give me a smile for this photo.\u00a0 But he was singing a different tune when they got him up to walk.\u00a0\u00a0 He is still in a considerable amount of pain, and how do you convince a child that something that\u00a0painful is good for them? But each time he walks he goes a little further.\u00a0 We are seeing very gradual but definite improvement.\u00a0 The next matter for prayer is that his gut will decide it\u2019s time to start working again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Father, hear our prayer that Sam be fully healed. and thank you for the progress he has made.\u00a0 Help his gut start working again.\u00a0 Give his caregivers grace, skill, compassion, wisdom and knowledge and give all who love him grace, peace and strength.\u00a0 Mother Mary and St. Luke, pray for them all.\u00a0 We ask all this through Christ our Lord.\u00a0\u00a0Amen.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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