A reader writes:<\/p>\n
My friend Jose Ibanez (Catholic father and husband) wrote and plays this beautiful song<\/a> to Our Lady*; could you post it on your blog? He\u2019s trying to raise money to get to Lourdes\u2013he\u2019s legally blind\u2013and can be found on Facebook under Jose\u2019s Trip To Lourdes<\/a>. We\u2019ve set up a GoFundMe page<\/a> for him here. He and his family attend St. Colette Catholic Church in Brunswick, Ohio (the good father there has already pledged something). Thank you so much!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Father, hear our prayer that Jose get to Lourdes and be healed of his blindness through your Son Jesus Christ, the generosity of his Church and the prayers of Our Lady of Lourdes.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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