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Sunday Devotional: Master, to whom shall we go?

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John 6:60-69

Many of Jesus’ disciples who were listening said,
“This saying is hard; who can accept it?”
Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this,
he said to them, “Does this shock you?
What if you were to see the Son of Man ascending
to where he was before? 
It is the spirit that gives life,
while the flesh is of no avail.
The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life.
But there are some of you who do not believe.”
Jesus knew from the beginning the ones who would not believe
and the one who would betray him. 
And he said,
“For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me
unless it is granted him by my Father.”

As a result of this,
many of his disciples returned to their former way of life
and no longer accompanied him.
Jesus then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?” 
Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? 
You have the words of eternal life. 
We have come to believe
and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God.”

“Master, to whom shall we go?”

In voicing those plaintive words, St. Peter spoke for all of us.

In our harrowing times full of bad and ever worse news, those words have special resonance.

For, truly, “to whom shall we go?” but to Jesus the Christ who loves us so much He willingly suffered horribly and died for us, so that we would have the chance for salvation and eternal life with Him — if we so choose.

So, as Joshua said in 24:15:

“decide today whom you will serve…
As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”

And may the peace and love of Jesus Christ, our Lord be with you,

~E

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Sunday Devotional: ‘Blessed is the womb that carried you’

Posted on August 15, 2021 by | 3 comments

Luke 11:27

While Jesus was speaking,
a woman from the crowd called out and said to him,
“Blessed is the womb that carried you
and the breasts at which you nursed.”

Today, the universal Church celebrates the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God.

The Assumption of Mary is, according to the beliefs of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodoxy, Church of the East, and some Lutheran and Anglo-Catholic Churches, among others, the bodily taking up of Mary, the mother of Jesus, into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.

Tim Staples writes in Catholic Answers, August 12, 2019:

The doctrine of the Assumption of Mary began with a historical event to which Scripture alludes and… believed in the Church for 2,000 years…. Let us examine the facts:

1. Archaeology has revealed two tombs of Mary, one in Jerusalem and one in Ephesus. The fact that Mary lived in both places explains the two tombs. But what is inexplicable apart from the Assumption is the fact that there is no body in either tomb. And there are no relics. Anyone who peruses early Church history knows that Christian belief in the communion of saints and the sanctity of the body…led early Christians to seek out with the greatest fervor relics from the bodies of great saints. Cities, and, later, religious orders, would fight over the bones of great saints.

This is one reason why we have relics of the apostles and so many of the greatest saints and martyrs in history. Yet never was there a single relic of Mary’s body? As revered as Mary was, this would be very strange, except for the fact of the assumption of her body.

2. On the historical front, Fr. Michael O’Carroll, in his book, Theotokos: A Theological Encyclopedia of the Blessed Virgin Mary, writes:

We have known for some time that there were widespread “Transitus Stories” that date from the sixth century that teach Mary’s glorious Assumption….  L’Assomption (p. 59).

Fr. [A.A.]Wenger [in his book L’Assomption] found a Greek manuscript that verified what scholars had previously believed to be true. Because there were whole families of manuscripts from different areas of the world in the sixth century that told a similar story of Mary’s Assumption, there had to be previous manuscripts from which everyone received their data. Fr. Wenger discovered one of these earlier manuscripts, believed to be the source later used by John of Thessalonica in the sixth century in his teaching on the Assumption….

Recently discovered Syriac fragments of stories about the Assumption of Mary have been dated as early as the third century. And there are undoubtedly more manuscripts to be found. It must be remembered that when we are talking about these “Transitus stories,” we are not only talking about ancient manuscripts and fragments of manuscripts, but we are talking also about two different “families” of manuscripts written in nine languages. They all agree on Mary’s Assumption and they presuppose that the story was already widely known….

Since the time of the promulgation of the dogma of the Assumption of Mary, there has been much new discovery. We now have written evidence of belief in the Assumption of Mary as far back as the third century…. [N]ew historical discoveries continue to be made and once again . . . and again . . . and again, they confirm the Faith of our Fathers.

 May the peace and love of Jesus Christ, our Lord, be with you!

~E

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Sunday Devotional: Be kind to one another

Posted on August 8, 2021 by | 4 comments

Ephesians 4:30-5:2

Brothers and sisters:
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,
with which you were sealed for the day of redemption. 
All bitterness, fury, anger, shouting, and reviling
must be removed from you, along with all malice. 
And be kind to one another, compassionate,
forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.

So be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love,
as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us
as a sacrificial offering to God for a fragrant aroma.

This Sunday’s reading from St. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians exhorts us to “be imitators of God”.

Just as Jesus love us so much He sacrificed Himself so that we may be redeemed and have access to a life after death in Heaven, we are exhorted to also “live in love” by removing all “malice…bitterness, fury, anger, shouting, and reviling” from ourselves, and instead “be kind to one another”.

What does kindness mean?

Being kind is defined as “harboring a spirit of helpfulness, as well as being generous and considerate, and doing so without expecting anything in return. Kindness is a quality of being.”

Note that the above definition doesn’t specify the recipient of our kindness must be human. Being kind isn’t species-specific.

Being kind isn’t just for the benefit of others, human and nonhuman (animals). It turns out that being kind is good for us!

Science has found evidence that being kind is:

(1) Good for our body:

  • Kind people tend to be healthier and live longer. 
  • Being kind can decrease blood pressure and cortisol, a stress hormone. When we are under stress, our bodies release cortisol, which increases blood sugars. While small increases in cortisol have positive effects on our response to stress by giving us a quick burst of energy, heightened memory and a lowered sensitivity to pain, increased cortisol levels caused by chronic stress can decrease immune functioning, increase weight gain and difficulty losing weight, and increase blood pressure, cholesterol and risks of heart disease. Sustained cortisol increases can actually harm the brain and impair thinking, memory and learning, which is why people under chronic stress can “go blank” and be forgetful. (Michigan State University)

(2) Good for our mental wellbeing:

  • Kindness can increase our sense of connectivity with others, which  elevates our mood and alleviates loneliness — a widespread epidemic in our time, exacerbated by government-imposed COVID-19 lockdowns and “social distancing”.
  • Kindness increases self-esteem, empathy and compassion.
  • Physiologically, kindness can positively change our brains by boosting dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins:
    • Dopamine, a “feel-good” chemical, is a chemical messenger in the brain that can give us a feeling of euphoria, and is credited with causing what’s known as a “helper’s high.”
    • Oxytocin, sometimes called “the love hormone,” is the hormone mothers produce when they breastfeed, cementing their bond with their babies. Oxytocin is also released when we’re physically intimate. Oxytocin plays a role in forming social bonds, making us more trusting, more generous, and friendlier, while also lowering our blood pressure.
    • Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that helps regulate mood.
    • An endorphin-like chemical in our body called substance P can relieve pain.

But for the above beneficial effects to last, kindness can’t be a single act. Being kind is most beneficial as a practice—something we work into our daily routine whether in the form of ongoing volunteer work, donating to worthy causes, random acts of kindness like feeding an expired parking meter for a stranger, bringing a snack to share with friends and colleagues, or feeding the homeless, human or animal.

Sources: Mayo Clinic; Cedars Sinai

May the peace, kindness and love of Jesus Christ, our Lord, be with you!

~E

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Sunday Devotional: ‘I am the Bread of Life’

Posted on August 1, 2021 by | 4 comments

Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15

The whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
The Israelites said to them,
“Would that we had died at the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt,
as we sat by our fleshpots and ate our fill of bread!
But you had to lead us into this desert
to make the whole community die of famine!”

Then the Lord said to Moses,
“I will now rain down bread from heaven for you.
Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion;
thus will I test them,
to see whether they follow my instructions or not.

“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites.
Tell them: In the evening twilight you shall eat flesh,
and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread,
so that you may know that I, the LORD, am your God.”

In the evening quail came up and covered the camp.
In the morning a dew lay all about the camp,
and when the dew evaporated, there on the surface of the desert
were fine flakes like hoarfrost on the ground.
On seeing it, the Israelites asked one another, “What is this?”
for they did not know what it was.
But Moses told them,
“This is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.”

John 6:24, 30-35

When the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there,
they themselves got into boats
and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus….

So they said to him,
“What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you?
What can you do?
Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written:
He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”
So Jesus said to them,
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven;
my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven
and gives life to the world.”

So they said to him,
“Sir, give us this bread always.”
Jesus said to them,
“I am the bread of life;
whoever comes to me will never hunger,
and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”

Today’s first reading is from Exodus, about the wandering Israelites who were whining, grumbling and complaining. But God, being a loving father, sent down quail for dinner and a special bread, manna, for breakfast.

Manna is described “a fine, flake-like thing” (Exodus 16:14) like frost on the ground. It came with dew in the night (Numbers 11:9), and had to be collected before it was melted by the heat of the sun (Exodus 16:21). Like a coriander seed in size but white in color (Exodus 16:31), the manna had the appearance of bdellium, a translucent oleo-gun resin extracted from thorn trees. Raw manna tasted like wafers that had been made with honey (Exodus 16:31). The Israelites ground the manna, pounded it into cakes, which were then baked, resulting in something that tasted like cakes baked with oil (Numbers 11:8). 

Unlike the Israelites, we’re not wandering in the desert, without a home. Unlike the Israelites, we’re not starving. Even the jobless and the poor in America get a monthly check from the taxpayers. In fact, too many of us are fat.

But, despite all that we have, like the Israelites, we, too, whine, grumble and complain.

Constantly.

Even when the real manna from Heaven, the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, is made available to us.

And we still whine, grumble and complain.

Incessantly.

Let’s do something different this morning.

Instead of whine, grumble and complain, we thank God for all the many, countless good things He’s given us: the gift of life, a functioning body, a roof over our head, clothes on our body, more food than we need, family and friends, pets who love us unconditionally . . . .

Thank Him and tell Him you love Him.

Praise Him, and be joyful!

prayer of thanks

See also the Eucharistic miracle of Lanciano here.

May the peace and love of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you!

~E

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Sunday Devotional: So that nothing will be wasted

Posted on July 25, 2021 by | 5 comments

John 1:1-15

Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee.
A large crowd followed him,
because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick.
Jesus went up on the mountain,
and there he sat down with his disciples.
The Jewish feast of Passover was near.
When Jesus raised his eyes
and saw that a large crowd was coming to him,
he said to Philip,
“Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?”
He said this to test him,
because he himself knew what he was going to do.
Philip answered him,
“Two hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be enough
for each of them to have a little.”
One of his disciples,
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him,
“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish;
but what good are these for so many?”
Jesus said, “Have the people recline.”
Now there was a great deal of grass in that place.
So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.
Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks,
and distributed them to those who were reclining,
and also as much of the fish as they wanted.
When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples,
“Gather the fragments left over,
so that nothing will be wasted.”
So they collected them,
and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments
from the five barley loaves
that had been more than they could eat.
When the people saw the sign he had done, they said,
“This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.”
Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off
to make him king,
he withdrew again to the mountain alone.

God, being the Creator, has power over His creation, including material objects.

According to the chronicling in the Gospels, Jesus’ first public miracle was the changing of water into wine at a wedding.

The above account in John 1 is another instance of a public miracle by the Second Person of the Triune God — the multiplication of two fish and five loaves of bread into numbers sufficient to feed five thousand people “to the fill,” with leftovers.

We are all familiar with the account of the loaves and fish, but what is often overlooked is Jesus’ frugality:

When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples,
“Gather the fragments left over,
so that nothing will be wasted.”

The dictionary defines “frugality” as “the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness”.

Americans, however, are infamous for our wastefulness.

Take food, as an example.

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the United States throws away more food than any other country in the world: 133 billion pounds and $161 billion worth of food in 2010, or 30-40% of the entire U.S. food supply.

The U.S. population in 2010 numbered 309,011,469. That means an average of 430 pounds of wasted food per person.

Wasted food is the single largest category of material placed in municipal landfills and represents nourishment that could have helped feed families in need. Additionally, water, energy, and labor used to produce wasted food could have been employed for other purposes.

In fact, according to Recycle Track Systems, Inc. (RTS), a waste and recycling management company, food is the single largest component taking up space inside our landfills, making up 22% of municipal solid waste.

It never ceases to amaze me how much food Americans leave behind on their plates in restaurants — food that can be brought back home in “doggie” bags. I  have to suppress my impulse to retrieve the leftover bread on plates, so that I can then break into crumbs for the sparrows and other birds that inhabit our urban landscape.

While I am generally a frugal person, I still manage to waste food because I buy too many veggies that I end up not eating before they rot in the refrigerator. There are at present in my refrigerator a bag of broccoli and a small bag of “baby” carrots that I will need to discard. Aargh!

May the peace of love of Jesus Christ our Lord be with you,

~E

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Sunday Devotional: Jesus Christ, Superstar

Posted on July 18, 2021 by | 5 comments

Mark 6:30-34

The apostles gathered together with Jesus
and reported all they had done and taught.
He said to them,
“Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.”
People were coming and going in great numbers,
and they had no opportunity even to eat.
So they went off in the boat by themselves to a deserted place.
People saw them leaving and many came to know about it.
They hastened there on foot from all the towns
and arrived at the place before them.

When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd,
his heart was moved with pity for them,
for they were like sheep without a shepherd;
and he began to teach them many things.

“People were coming . . . in great numbers . . . the vast crowd”

Have you ever wondered how a “vast crowd” could hear Jesus’ words?

In Luke 9’s account of Jesus’ multiplication of a few loaves and fishes to feed the huge crowd who came to listen to Him, we are told that “the men there numbered about five thousand.” (Luke 9:14)

How did a crowd of 5,000 manage to hear Jesus without the devices of modern technology of microphone, speakers, and amplifiers?

That surely was a miracle unreported in the Gospels.

A woeful characteristic of the Gospels is how sketchy their accounts were. There is no physical description of Jesus the Christ — not His hair color, eye color, or how tall He was.

The accounts are succinct, using an economy of words.

But we are told in Mark 6 that in a non-technological age wherein news was communicated mainly via word of mouth, multitudes of people “from all the towns” got word of Jesus going to a place. So eager were they to see and hear Him, they arrived “on foot” even before Jesus and the Apostles.

Today’s so-called superstars who fill sports stadiums cannot begin to be compared to our Lord.

And may the peace and love of Jesus Christ our Lord be with you,

~E

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Sunday Devotional: The Twelve drove out many demons

Posted on July 11, 2021 by | 4 comments

Mark 6:7-13

Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two
and gave them authority over unclean spirits.
He instructed them to take nothing for the journey
but a walking stick—
no food, no sack, no money in their belts.
They were, however, to wear sandals
but not a second tunic.
He said to them,
“Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave.
Whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you,
leave there and shake the dust off your feet
in testimony against them.”
So they went off and preached repentance.
The Twelve drove out many demons,
and they anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.

The above passage from Mark 6 is the gospel reading for today, but I predict that the priest at Mass at my parish this morning will not make any mention of the Devil or of demons or of demonic possession or of our Lord Jesus Christ having given priests the power to drive out demons.

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UPDATE: As I had predicted, in his homily today, the new pastoral administrator at my parish ignored today’s gospel reading entirely. Not a word about the Devil, or of sin, or of  demonic possession, or of the awesome power and authority Jesus had conferred on him as a successor of the Twelve.

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Only one of the following three can be true:

  1. The author of the Gospel of Mark was lying.
  2. Jesus was delusional in believing there are demons and that He has  the authority and the ability to cast out demons — an ability He conferred on His twelve Apostles and their successors.
  3. Mark was telling the truth, which makes any priest or minister who refuses to address this subject a coward, at best, or at worst, a liar by omission.

CNS News reported that a 2013 Harris Poll found that although a majority (74%) of U.S. adults still said they believed in God, only 58% or fewer than 6 out of every 10 American adults believed in the Devil. That percentage can only be even lower today. Those Americans must think that Jesus was lying or hallucinating when He exorcised demons.

“The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist. (La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu’il n’existe pas.)” -Charles Baudelaire, Le Joueur généreux, 1864.

How can we armor ourselves against the Devil if we don’t even believe he exists? No wonder Americans increasingly are debauched and depraved.

What’s the best defense against the Devil and demonic possession?

Be faithful to the First and Greatest Commandment of All (Matthew 22:37):

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

And may the peace and love of Jesus Christ, our Lord, be with you,

~E

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IRS denies non-profit a tax-exemption over biblical beliefs

Posted on July 5, 2021 by | 5 comments

Your government at work.

A Christian non-profit is challenging the Internal Revenue Service after the agency denied them tax-exempt status saying “the Bible’s teachings are typically affiliated with the Republican Party and candidates.”

Christians Engaged describes itself as educational, Christian, and non-partisan, and operates out of Garland, Texas. Its three main goals, as described by the non-profit, include:

To awaken, motivate, and empower ordinary believers in Jesus Christ to: pray for our nation and our elected officials regularly, vote in every election to impact our culture, and engage our hearts in some forms of political education or activism for the furtherance of our nation. Katherine Hamilton, in a June 29, 2021 article for Breitbart, wrote:

The non-profit works to show Christians how to “civically engage as part of their religious practice” but does not promote specific parties or candidates or earn money for political causes, according to the organization’s appeal letter to the IRS.

The non-profit first applied to become a 501 (c)(3) in late 2019. They received a rejection letter on May 18, 2021, from Exempt Organizations Director Stephen A. Martin saying the group “engage[s] in prohibited political campaign intervention” and “operate[s] for a substantial non-exempt private purpose and for the private interests of the [Republican] party.”

Martin alleged in his letter that the group does not meet

requirements for tax exemption because biblical causes tend to favor the Republican Party:

“Specifically, you educate Christians on what the Bible says in areas where they can be instrumental including the areas of sanctity of life, the definition of marriage, biblical justice, freedom of speech, defense, and borders and immigration, U.S. and Israel relations. The Bible teachings are typically affiliated with the [Republican Party] and candidates. This disqualifies you from exemption under IRC Section 501(c)(3).”

The First Liberty Institute, which is representing Christians Engaged, sent an appeal letter to the IRS on June 16, saying Martin’s decision mischaracterizes the nature of the non-profit and infringes on first amendment liberties.

“From its religious perspective, Christians Engaged provides nonpartisan religious and civic education, focusing on encouraging and educating Christians to be civically engaged as a part of their religious practice,” according to the appeal letter.

Lea Patterson, who is representing Christians Engaged and serves as counsel with First Liberty Institute, said the decision from the IRS is strange and not in line with their past practices. Patterson said the IRS is discriminating based on religion.

“If the IRS going forward thinks that Bible teaching is Republican-affiliated, then that could endanger the tax-exempt status of many religious organizations — including potentially churches, which obviously teach the Bible with some frequency,” Patterson told Breitbart News.

In the denial letter, the IRS pointed out that the leadership of the organization is or has been heavily involved in other Republican organizations in the past. However, these affiliations are separate and do not intersect with Christians Engaged. President Bunni Pounds is a former congressional candidate, 15-year political consultant, and a motivational speaker. Vice President Trayce Bradford is the former president of Texas Eagle Forum – a statewide pro-family advocacy group, former prayer leader, and an organizer for Promise Keepers.

“We just want to encourage more people to vote and participate in the political process. How can anyone be against that?” Pounds said in a release.

In the appeal letter, Patterson pointed out that the IRS has approved 501(c)(3) status for several other organizations that behave almost identically to Christians Engaged. Most notably, the letter mentioned a non-profit Michelle Obama started called Civic Nation, whose “When We All Vote” initiative says its mission is:

[T]o change the culture around voting and to increase participation in each and every election by helping to close the race and age gap. Created by Michelle Obama, When We All Vote brings together individuals, institutions, brands, and organizations to register new voters across the country and advance civic education for the entire family and voters of every age to build an informed and engaged electorate for today and generations to come. We empower our supporters and volunteers to take action through voting, advocating for their rights, and holding their elected officials accountable.

“Denying tax-exempt status for Christians Engaged while recognizing the exempt status of other organizations who encourage civic engagement from different viewpoints demonstrates the IRS’s impermissible viewpoint discrimination,” Patterson said in the appeal letter.

Patterson also noted that Martin is not following protocol when he assumes that Christian values belong to one political party.

“The IRS states in an official letter that Biblical values are exclusively Republican. That might be news to President Biden, who is often described as basing his political ideology on his religious beliefs,” Patterson said.

Going forward, Christians Engaged must wait while the IRS goes through its official internal administrative appeal process over the next few months. If they are denied again, the IRS and Christians Engaged could end up in federal court, Patterson said.

“Our client’s hope is that they get approved and recognized as a 501(c)(3),” she said.

~ Grif

 

 

 

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Religious Americans are only group whose mental health improved during coronavirus pandemic

Posted on July 3, 2021 by | 3 comments

We have evidence from study after study of the beneficial effects of religious faith on one’s physical and mental health.

Here’s the latest.

In “Psychiatry Needs to Get Right with God,” for Scientific American, June 15, 2021, David H. Rosmarin, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and director of the McLean Hospital Spirituality & Mental Health Program, writes:

In the past year, American mental health sank to the lowest point in history: Incidence of mental disorders increased by 50 percent, compared with before the pandemic, alcohol and other substance abuse surged, and young adults were more than twice as likely to seriously consider suicide than they were in 2018. Yet the only group to see improvements in mental health during the past year were those who attended religious services at least weekly (virtually or in-person): 46 percent report “excellent” mental health today versus 42 percent one year ago. […]

My own research has demonstrated that a belief in God is associated with significantly better treatment outcomes for acute psychiatric patients. And other laboratories have shown a connection between religious belief and the thickness of the brain’s cortex, which may help protect against depression.

~E

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Your prayers are needed!

Posted on July 1, 2021 by | 14 comments

Auntie Lulu of FOTM, aka Grace Storvika on Body and Soul, fell and “shattered” two bones near her wrist, and was in the hospital until two days ago.

She writes:

“I would greatly appreciate everyone’s prayers for a swift and  complete recovery.”

I know how awful her injury is because last October, I made the stupid mistake of reaching for the ceiling while standing on a stool. I fell and sprained my left wrist. To this day, eight months later, that wrist is still not completely healed, although most of the functions are restored.

I can only imagine how broken wrist bones would be worse — much, much worse.

So, please join me in saying a prayer for Auntie Lulu — that her broken bones heal quickly, and that she will regain full use of that wrist, hand, and arm.

Thank you.

~E

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