A reader writes:<\/p>\n
We have a terrible situation going on in my husband\u2019s family.\u00a0 Someone in desperate need of intervention (drug abuse, alcohol abuse and mental illness) lives\u00a0at my inlaws\u2019\u00a0and pulled a knife on my husband yesterday.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard for me to type this because I\u2019m very angry at this person, while realizing that they need help.\u00a0 I can\u2019t do anything because the person does not live in my house, and the people that can do something about this are in deep denial.<\/p>\n
This person was in jail for domestic violence last year.\u00a0 They were also put on a 5150 hold.\u00a0 This person has not calmed down or seen the error of their ways.\u00a0 They\u2019re close to a tipping point.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve left this in the hands of Our Lord.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know what else to do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Father, hear our prayer for your guardian angels to intervene by the power of your Name and prevent this person from harming anybody.\u00a0 Help this person to acknowledge their need for grace and help and take steps to get it.\u00a0 Protect everyone, including this person, from harm.\u00a0 Grant my reader and all affected by this violence the grace to forgive and let it remain in your hand.\u00a0 Mother Mary, St. Michael, and the guardian angels of these people, pray for them.\u00a0 We ask this through Christ our Lord.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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