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On the Monday before Thanksgiving my wife and I went to the Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. We attended a special Mass being held by Father Fernando Suarez. He is a great Filipino priest who has the ability through Jesus to heal people. I am not saying he heals everybody, but I have seen and heard about his power. He cautions all that he is not the healer but only the conduit, that the healing comes from Jesus Christ to him. Nevertheless the Mass was good, he gave a great homily. And afterward everyone gathered so he might touch or pray over us, especially those with afflictions. I did, he touched me, but I felt no different. I still had ALS. But I did come away with a feeling that I am not so bad off as others. I pray to God daily to help me deal with my fate, but I know that God will do what he wants with me. That is OK with me. I want to post the prayer Father Fernando gave me.

Mary Mother of the Poor
Charitable Organization

Prayer For Healing
Lord, look upon me with eyes of mercy
May your Healing Spirit rest upon me.
It is through your power that I was created,
since you created me from nothing
You certainly recreated me.
Fill me with the healing power of Your Spirit
May your lifegiving powers flow into my every cell
of my body and into the depths of my soul.
Mend what is broken.
Cast out anything that should not be within me
Rebuild my brokeness
Restore my strength for service in Your Kingdom
Touch my mind with Your Wisdom
That my mouth may always proclaim Your praise.
Teach me to reach out to You in my need and help
me to lead others to You by my example.
Bring me health in body and spirit that I may serve
You with all my strength. AMEN


Thanksgiving was fantastic. All four of the boys were there and my two grandsons were also there. We went to Rick and Eileen's apartment. Everyone pitched in and made a fantastic dinner. It was all so delicious. I have a hard time eating, but I did manage to eat some food. The food and the family always makes this a very special holiday for me. After dinner we watched some football on TV, and then Atring and I went home. After a while, Peter and I sat down at the table and we had a great discussion. We talked about politics, sports, life in general, work, and many more subjects, but not once did we bring up ALS. I was frantically writing on the white board Leslie had gotten me( I have a hard time speaking intelligibly now).
What we did was not remarkable in any way, except it is the first time someone took time to talk to me about normal stuff and make me feel normal. I thank Peter for that. But I want more of that. The hardest part of this disease is it robs you of your abilities and you see and feel it happening. I am so conscious of the fact that I am losing ability to do the must mundane of things.
So the fact that Peter treated me so normal was pretty great.
Have a great day everyone...I will also.