I know I'm a distance and a non-participating member of the council here, but I am quite confident in the power of prayer and of Blessed Father McGivney's ability to help us in time of need. I am in Stage 5 (end stage) Kidney failure and in need of a transplant donor. I need the prayers of my Brother Knights regarding my situation and for help in finding a compatible A+ blood type donor.
Thank you for your consideration.
Pat Kelly - Hamilton, TX
Requested forwarded by: Kenneth Ratajczak
Glorious St. Benedict, sublime model of virtue, pure vessel of God's grace! Behold me humbly kneeling at your feet. I implore you in your loving kindness to pray for me before the throne Of God. To you I have recourse in the dangers that daily surround me. Shield me against my selfishness and my indifference to God and to my neighbor. Inspire me to imitate you in all things. May your blessing be with me always, so that I may see and serve Christ in others and work for His kingdom.
Graciously obtain for me from God those favors and graces which I need so much in the trials, miseries and afflictions of life. Your heart was always full of love, compassion and mercy toward those who were afflicted or troubled in any way. You never dismissed without consolation and assistance anyone who had recourse to you. I therefore invoke your powerful intercession, confident in the hope that you will hear my prayer and obtain for me the special grace and favor I earnestly implore (name it).
Help me, great St. Benedict. to live and die as a faithful child of God, to run in the sweetness of His loving will and to attain the eternal happiness of heaven. Amen.