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I find this very hard to write...a dear friend of mine, Anna, is a mother of nine and a Catholic homeschooling mother who has given so much to mothers in Australia in so many ways, is very seriously ill.
She has multiple health problems but now she has received some extremely bad news. Her arteries are blocked to her heart and is suffering pain with this, a valve in the heart is not working properly and tests have showed that part of her heart has died. The doctors wish to perform an operation that has simply enormous risks attached to it.
Her husband has just booked her in to see another heart specialist in another part of the country and the appointment is the 19th of November, they are praying fervently to St Joseph for a miracle, for the preservation of her life and health.
I ask with great fervor, for prayers for this blessed lady who has so many young children and nearly all are still at home, they need their mother!
Many thanks in advance.
UPDATE 3:
Thanks to Chari sharing that St John of God is the patron of heart patients, Anna's family has put together the following prayers to St John of God as there is time for a novena before Anna's appointment with the cardiologist on the 19th of November.
I know that joining in a novena is not possible for many, but if you can, it would be lovely to have to be a part of that prayer for Anna's health. Any prayer is powerful and effective, so I thank you once again for them and will update again when Anna returns from her cardiologist.
There are a variety of lovely prayers to this saint!
PRAYER TO ST. JOHN OF GOD
Saint John of God, I honor you as the Patron of the Sick, especially of those who are afflicted by heart disease. I choose you to be my patron and protector in my present illness. To you I entrust my soul, my body, all my spiritual and temporal interests, as well as those of the sick throughout the world. To you I consecrate my mind, that in all things it may be enlightened by faith above all in accepting my cross as a blessing from God; my heart, that you may keep it pure and fill it with the love for Jesus and Mary that burned in yours; my will, that like yours, it may always be one with the Will of God.
Good Saint John, I honor you as the model of penitents, for you received the grace to give up a sinful life and to atone for your sins by untiring labors in behalf of the poor and sick. Obtain for me the grace from God to be truly sorry for my sins, to make atonement for them and never again offend God. Aid me in mastering my evil inclinations and temptations, and in avoiding all occasions of sin. Through your intercession may I obtain the grace from Jesus and Mary to fulfill faithfully all the duties of my state of life and to practice those virtues which are needful for my salvation. Help me to belong to God and Our Lady in life and in death through perfect love. May my life, like yours, be spent in the untiring service of God and my neighbor.
Since Holy Mother Church also invokes you in her prayers for the dying, I beg you to be with me in my last hour and pray for me. As you died kneeling before a crucifix, may I find strength, consolation and salvation in the cross of my Redeemer, and through His tender mercy and the prayers of Our Lady, and through your intercession, attain to eternal life. Amen.
NOVENA PRAYER FOR A CURE
Saint John of God, heavenly Patron of the Sick, I come to you in prayer to seek your help in my present sickness. Through the love which Jesus had for you in choosing you for the sublime vocation of serving the sick, and through the tender affection with which the Blessed Virgin Mary placed upon your head a crown of thorns as a symbol of the sufferings you would undergo in the service of the sick to attain to your crown of glory, I beg you to intercede for me to Jesus and Mary that They may grant me a cure, if this should be according to the Will of God.
How patiently you bore the sufferings of your own disease! Teach me to carry with cheerful resignation the cross that God has given me. Let me never complain or lose courage. Help me to understand that suffering is a very important means of sanctifying my soul, of atoning for my many sins, and of reaping a plentiful harvest of merit for Heaven. I trust in your great love for the sick and in the power of your intercession to help them. Help me, good St. John, and beg the God whose name you bear to touch me as He touched the sick while on earth, that through His almighty power health may return to my body. And as you derived strength in your own sufferings from the crucifix, so may I be able to say what you did to Jesus Crucified: "Lord, Thy thorns are my roses and Thy sufferings my paradise."
Good Saint John, lover of those who suffer and special Patron of the Sick, I confidently place before you my earnest petition.
(Mention your request)
I beg you to recommend my request to Mary, the Mother of Sorrows and Health of the Sick, that both Mary and you may present it to Jesus, the Divine Physician.
Saint John of God, patron of the Sick and beloved of Jesus and Mary, pray to Them for me and obtain my request. (Three times.)
In honor of Saint John of God:
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Saint John of God, Patron of the Sick, pray for us.
LITANY OF SAINT JOHN OF GOD
LORD, have mercy on us,
Christ, have mercy on us,
LORD, have mercy on us,
Christ, hear us,
Christ, graciously hear us,
God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us,
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us,
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us,
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us,
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us,
Health of the sick,
Comforter of the afflicted,
Help of Christians,
St. John of God,
St. John, converted from a sinful life,
St. John, lover of the poor,
St. John, father of the needy,
St. John, servant of the sick,
St. John, friend of those in distress,
St. John, protector of virgins, widows, and orphans,
St. John, zealous for the conversion of sinners,
St. John, dedicated to atonement,
St. John, heroic in self-sacrifice,
St. John, eager for humiliations,
St. John, model of humility,
St. John, example of penitents,
St. John, filled with divine love,
St. John, victim of love for your neighbor,
St. John, apostle of Christian Charity,
St. John, consoler of the afflicted,
St. John, fervent in prayer,
St. John, ardent lover of Jesus Crucified,
St. John, devoted son of Our Lady,
St. John, favored with a vision of Jesus and Mary,
St. John, visited and helped by the Archangel Raphael,
St. John, miraculously protected from fire,
St. John, afflicted with disease,
St. John, most patient in suffering,
St. John, who died on your knees holding the crucifix,
St. John, helper of the dying,
St. John, founder of the Order of the Hospitaller Brothers,
St. John, Patron of hospitals and the sick,
St. John, wonder-worker for the sick and diseased,
St. John, special Patron of those suffering with heart disease,
St. John, the Heart Saint,
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord,
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord,
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us,
V. Pray for us, O glorious Saint John of God,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let Us Pray
O God, you enabled Saint John of God, who was inflamed with love of You, to walk unhurt through flames, and by him You enriched Your Church with a new religious Order. Grant through the help of his merits, that our vices may be healed by the fire of Your love, and that we may receive remedies which will help us reach eternal life. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
(From The Heart Saint - St. John of God
by Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D.
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This is so sad. Praying for Anna and her family.
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praying now.
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Oh, wow, Annie! What a difficult month ahead for her! Praying for your friend and her family. 
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Oh, Anne. What a tragic and heart-wrenching situation! If the family is begging St. Joseph for help, I will as well!
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we place our trust in Thee!
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Oh Anne,
I'll be praying so hard for this special intention.
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Definitely we will remember her in our prayers!
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sending prayers.....
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praying Anne!  praying for a miracle!
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praying!!!!! Annie
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Oh no, Anne!
We will offer many prayers for Anna and the family.
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praying, Anne.
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Praying, Anne, for your friend and her family.
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Praying for your friend and her family, Anne.
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I am praying for her and her family.
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BIG prayers for your friend, Anne!
Praying to Saint Joseph AND St. John of God, patron saint of heart patients.
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Prayers for your friend, Anne. St Matthew, pray for this mother of nine!
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how awful. we'll be praying.
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This is very sad.
Praying now.
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Dear Anne,
Of course we will pray for her.
We are so sorry to hear that things are not going very well for Anna and the family.
Do you know where they have to travel to for the other Dr Appointment? Do they need to be put in touch with anyone to stay with?
If there is anything we can do please let us know.
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