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A reader writes:<\/p>\n

Mark, please pray for my husband.\u00a0 He was diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s last year and things are getting more difficult.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had to take a few weeks off work\u00a0because he was recently hospitalized and I need to find some caretakers to help me periodically at home now as I can\u2019t leave him alone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Father, hear our prayer for this woman and her husband in this hard hour. \u00a0Supply the graces necessary for her to see this through and give him the help and protection he needs. \u00a0Mother Mary and St. Joseph, pray for them. \u00a0We ask this through Christ our Lord. \u00a0Amen!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A reader writes: Mark, please pray for my husband.\u00a0 He was diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s last year and things are getting more difficult.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had to take a few weeks off work\u00a0because he was recently hospitalized and I need to find some caretakers to help me periodically at home now as I can\u2019t leave him alone. 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