Please Pray For Our Holy Father!

[yiannii]

[quote][b]Cardinal Danneels says Pope's health "seriously weakened"[/b]


Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels has said that Pope John Paul II's health has deteriorated and that he may be near the end of his life.

The 84-year-old Pope, who has Parkinson's disease and severe arthritis, visibly struggled as he wound up an emotional visit to the French miracle shrine of Lourdes on Sunday.

A crowd of about 200,000 listened to his words from a field near the grotto where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to a peasant girl in 1858.

"It was one of the most moving celebrations ever," Cardinal Danneels, told the Belgian daily Het Laatste Nieuws yesterday.

"The Pope's health has seriously weakened. When the Pope says: 'I end my pilgrimage here', that could mean two things. That, at least was how people listening to him in the field interpreted it. It was almost his goodbye to Lourdes and maybe also to his life," the cardinal added.

Danneels told Belgian VRT radio the Pope's comments about the end of his pilgrimage "may point to something deeper".

"It could of course mean that it is not something that will happen tomorrow or next month but that he does consider that the end is approaching," he added.

The Pope, whose speech is often hard to understand, no longer walks in public and has to be wheeled around in a special chair.[/quote]

SOURCE
Pope's health "seriously weakened" (Reuters 16/8/04)

[StColette]

Holy Mother be with the Pope

[yiannii]

I was wondering if anyone was interested in praying the Rosary for the Holy Father in this board?

[theculturewarrior]

Let us pray for our Sovereign Pontiff, Pope John Paul the Second:

The Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth. And deliver him not unto the will of his enemies. Amen.

[Colleen]

[quote] I was wondering if anyone was interested in praying the Rosary for the Holy Father in this board?[/quote]

Yes!

This makes me really sad. But haven't they been saying this for years?

[VeraMaria]

Let's pray the rosary

[StColette]

Dear Jesus,
Divine Physician and Healer of the Sick,
we turn to You in this time of illness.
O dearest Comforter of the Troubled,
alleviate our worry and sorrow with Your gentle love,
and grant us the grace and strength to accept this burden.
Dear God,
we place our worries in Your hands.
We ask that You restore Your servant to health again.
Above all,
grant us the grace to acknowledge Your holy will
and know that whatsoever You do,
You do for the love of us.

Amen.

[VeraMaria]

[quote name='StColette' date='Aug 16 2004, 08:59 PM'] Dear Jesus,
Divine Physician and Healer of the Sick,
we turn to You in this time of illness.
O dearest Comforter of the Troubled,
alleviate our worry and sorrow with Your gentle love,
and grant us the grace and strength to accept this burden.
Dear God,
we place our worries in Your hands.
We ask that You restore Your servant to health again.
Above all,
grant us the grace to acknowledge Your holy will
and know that whatsoever You do,
You do for the love of us.

Amen. [/quote]


Amen.

[StColette]

[quote name='Colleen' date='Aug 16 2004, 06:57 PM']
Yes!

This makes me really sad. But haven't they been saying this for years? [/quote]
yes Colleen, but after the Pope's address at Lourdes yesterday one could tell something was seriously wrong. During part of his speech he had to stop and started saying " help me" in Polish and lots of people went to help him and brought him some water, and being the person he is he continued on.

[StColette]

All praise and glory are yours,
Lord our God.
For you have called us to serve you and one another in love.
Bless our sick today so that they may bear their illness
in union with Jesus' sufferings and restore them quickly to health.
Bless those who have grown old in your service
and give them courage and strength in their faith.
Lead us all to eternal glory.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Your Son, who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
Amen.

Mother of Perpetual Help pray for us.

[theculturewarrior]

Maybe John Paul II have many more years with us. And may John Paul III be as good a man as he.

[StColette]

O Good Saint Anne,
so justly called the Mother of the infirm,
the health of those who suffer from disease,
look kindly upon the sick person for whom I pray.

Alleviate their sufferings,
cause them to sanctify them by patience,
and by complete submission to divine will.
Finally deign to obtain health for them
and with it the firm resolution to honour Jesus, Mary and yourself
by the faithful performance of their Christian duties.

Amen.

[RemnantRules]

Blessed Be God!!!


where was this source from? i'm not doubting you i just would like to know the source as far as the newspaper or something. Thank You, and may we all continue to pray for the Pope.


God Bless
Jason Gregory

[Colleen]

[quote name='StColette' date='Aug 16 2004, 07:01 PM'] yes Colleen, but after the Pope's address at Lourdes yesterday one could tell something was seriously wrong. During part of his speech he had to stop and started saying " help me" in Polish and lots of people went to help him and brought him some water, and being the person he is he continued on. [/quote]


I didn't know that.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary,
that never was it known
that any one who fled to thy protection,
implored thy help or sought thy intercession,
was left unaided.

Inspired with this confidence,
I fly unto thee,
O Virgin of virgins my Mother;
to thee do I come,
before thee I stand,
sinful and sorrowful;
O Mother of the Word Incarnate,
despise not my petitions,
but in thy clemency hear and answer me.
Amen.

Please help our Holy Father, Lord!

[StColette]

Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep.

Tend your sick ones, O Lord Christ.
Rest your weary ones.
Bless your dying ones.
Soothe your suffering ones.
Pity your afflicted ones.
Shield your joyous ones.
And for all your love's sake. Amen.

~Saint Augustine~