Over the years, I have reached out many times for the gift of your intercession. I begged that through the intercession of St. Joseph, I might receive the grace to forgive my abusers after a childhood filled with torture and incest. Since that time, God has sent a torrent of blessings into my life. He sent a gifted healer who brought unbelievable levels of physical and emotional healing and eventually became a close family friend. God also blessed my husband and me with a wonderful surprise pregnancy. I reached out over and over again for prayer throughout our high-risk journey to birth. Despite many trials during the pregnancy and life-threatening hemorrhaging on my part and a tight knot in my baby's umbilical cord at delivery, both of us triumphantly passed through the valley of the shadow of death and our family celebrated our fourth precious child as God's miracle of love in our home. Today, he is a joyous, vibrant two year old running through the house, forever exploring and playing and kissing his brother and sisters.
I am writing to ask your loving prayer yet again. I am going through another healing crisis and two of my children are struggling with chronic health problems of their own. In addition, my beloved healer and friend, Christian Montenegro, is suffering as his mother battles for her life in the ICU at the hospital. Would you please cover us all in prayer, that through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother, St. Joseph and all of our Guardian Angels, God may bring healing to all of us and especially that He may bring every good out of all of our sufferings. May we have the grace to see and accept His blessings, and if it is in God's plan, may Christian receive the gift of the Catholic Faith.
My Fathers and Brothers, I will never be able to thank you enough for the gift of your intercessory prayer and sacrifice at the heart of the Church. Thank you for interceding day and night for all of us as we mourn and weep in this valley of tears. I am grateful to be joined to you in the Mystical Body and look forward to meeting you in this life or especially in Heaven.
In Jesus' Name,
Mary