Friday, April 09, 2010

Asking for prayers....

On Good Friday, I was told that my Aunt, my mother's sister, had been taken to the hospital. My mom and I arrived at the hospital the exact time the doctor was delivering the news that she has stage 4 lung cancer, and it had also metastasized outside the lungs as well. This morning I've been told she's been given 12 - 72 hours.

This Sunday is Divine Mercy Sunday and I would so appreciate it if you could spare a Divine Mercy Chaplet for Gloria. I'm not positive what her beliefs are, but I know she hasn't been to a church for years and years. Thank you for any and all prayers....

One of the best means of assisting the dying is the one that Jesus revealed to St. Faustina and insisted that she use often — even continuously: The Divine Mercy Chaplet. Jesus said: "My daughter, encourage souls to say the chaplet which I have given to you. It pleases Me to grant everything they ask of Me by saying the chaplet. ... Write that when they say this chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying person, not as the just Judge but as the merciful Savior (Diary, 1541).

Earlier, Our Lord said to her, "At the hour of their death, I defend as My own glory every soul that will say this chaplet; or when others say it for a dying person, the indulgence is the same" (Diary, 811).

4 comments:

Mary N. said...

Julia,
I'm very sorry to hear that your aunt is so ill. I will do the Mercy Chaplet for her right now. I've been doing the Novena and praying the Chaplet a lot so I will certainly pray for her. Please keep us updated.

Victor S E Moubarak said...

I am praying for your aunt.

God bless.

Mary N. said...

Julia,
I prayed for you and your aunt during the healing service I attended last night. I'm doing the Mercy Chaplets for her today, too. God is full of mercy, I pray that she passes peacefully into his loving hands if a healing is not His will.
God bless you and many hugs sent your way :)

Gail said...

Dear Julia,
I'm also very sorry to hear that your aunt is ill. I promise to remember her in my daily prayers.
With love and prayers,
Gail