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Please ask your readers to pray for me and my family. My business (based around\u00a0what I thought was my life\u2019s work) appears to be failing after many ups and downs.\u00a0 I recently developed\u00a0potentially career-ending arm injuries that have slowed progress to a crawl. My wife is in chronic pain from an illness and a car accident. The stress (including no income, not enough money for treatment\/help, and being unable to do many basic things around the house for our children) is also taking its toll.\u00a0 We\u2019re heavily in debt, my friend and family investors will have lost their money and I don\u2019t know how to move on or what to do next. Prayers for healing, guidance, and opportunity are much appreciated!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Father, hear our prayer for complete healing in body, soul, and spirit for my reader and his wife, and for help in getting the treatment they need, the work they need, and the finances they need. \u00a0Give them healing, guidance and opportunity they need. \u00a0Mother Mary, St. Joseph, and St. Luke, pray for them, their caregivers, and all those in their lives who are supporting them. \u00a0We ask this through Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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