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eMatrimony.org Supporting, Encouraging, and Challenging the WWME Community |
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Prayers - Intentions To Keep in Your Prayers
Please pray for all on this list of intentions for the
WWME Community. You need not pray for each intention individually, but of course you may if you like. We suggest the following prayer for all these intentions: "Lord, bless and keep all those in need of your loving care, grace and guidance, especially those on the WWME Community Intentions list." We ask for your prayers today and in the weeks to come for our ME couple in Houston North - Jimmy Gallanos, his wife Linda and their family. Jimmy has been fighting leukemia for some time now and they were told by the doctors that all of their treatment has been unsuccessful and have no other line of treatment that might offer hope of remission. They recommended that Jimmy receive hospice and focus their efforts to making him as comfortable as possible. Linda has said that they expected him to remain with them only a few weeks longer. Of course, no one can be sure. We ask you for your prayers for all of the family. Linda shared that even in all their grief and saddness, that they can't imagine how they could make it through this without all the love and prayers for so many. Please remember them in prayer. Yours in Christ, Update: It is with great sadness that we bring to you the news of the passing of our friend Jimmy Galanos. Jimmy died in his home with his family around him at 9:30 pm Friday night, August 24, 2007. Linda told us that he died peacefully and without pain. Linda and Jimmy's family have come into town and will be with her and the children this week, so Linda wanted everyone to know that she is ok for now. Jimmy & Linda Galanos have served our Marriage Encounter Community as a Presenting couple for seven years. We thank God for the gift that they have been for us. When we think of Jimmy we will remember his strong faith, devotion to Linda, his perseverance, his laughter, his candor, his strong hugs, his passion for this ministry and his love for us. Please pray for the Galanos family. Yours in Christ, Please keep Fr. Jim Thornton in your prayers. He has decided to go to Notre Dame to his order's assissted care facility for treatment of his knee injury. It is not known at this time what the definite problem is but he will be seeing doctors there and will get the best care available. Please relay this request to your Areas as Fr. Jim has given weekends in many locations. Love, Update: Please continue to pray for Fr. Jim. When we spoke with Fr. Jim last Thursday, he was telling us of the plans for him to go home from the rehab unit over the weekend. He also mentioned that he was having trouble eating and keeping anything down. When we spoke with him yesterday, he was back in the hospital due to that problem. Marcia tells me it is C-diff, which is a systemic infection that causes nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. It was mid afternoon when we were speaking yesterday and one of his fellow priests had brought him a milk shake and it was the first thing he had kept down in about a week. He was also telling us that they were talking of sending him back to the rehab last night or today. Our suggestion for cards and/or letters would be to send them to his home address and they will see that he receives them. With the moving around from one facility to the other, the mail would have a great possibility of getting lost. Love, Update: We wanted to give you a brief update on Fr. Jim. Last Friday when we spoke with him he was anticipating another 2 weeks in rehab. We have not connected with him since but when we got home from a meeting tonight he had left a voice mail that he was back in the hospital with concerns about his heart. He will not be able to be with us next week for our Section Board Meeting. He also asked us to take him off any weekends he was scheduled for in September. We will follow up with a call to him tomorrow evening and get more info and pass it on. Please continue to keep him in your prayers. Love, Praise the Lord and thank you for all your prayers! Ralph had his second total knee replacement (left one) done today and he is doing well. He needed to have general anesthesia instead of the epidural he had on the other one six weeks ago due to "thin blood", but is dealing well. His spirits are good and he is managing the pain and getting the mobility going. We both appreciate your continued prayers for a complete and speedy recovery. Love, Last updated August 30, 2007
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