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Pray for a doctor who is himself a cancer specialist and who is in hospital waiting for a diagnosis that could be cancer.\u00a0 Pray that it is not, in fact, cancer, and that he can soon be returned to his wife and three children, one of whom is only two years old.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Father, hear our pray that this man\u2019s illness is not cancer and is easily treatable and that he can return to his family, his work, and your service to the glory of your Name in perfect health. \u00a0We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen! \u00a0Mother Mary and St. Luke, pray for them and for his caregivers!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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