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Would you ladies pray for our dear friend from Church Granny Olga? She is our 95 yr old Lithuanian adopted Grandma. She went into the hospital(after praying the Rosary) a few weeks ago on her 95th birthday (did not want to go by ambulance because she did not want to disturb the neighbors!) and received a pacemaker a few days later. She has now been moved to a nursing home as her dd could not lift her to care for her properly. We have been visiting her daily and she had been improving til today.
Yesterday when we went to visit her after Mass one of the nurses met us as we were going in to tell us that there is a terrible stomach virus going around "very intense" and they did not think we wanted all our dc to be exposed to it. So we checked on Granny who was sleeping (unusual for her in the afternoons) and left.
Today dh and one of our ds's (he is the closest to Granny) went in to visit her at dinner time and came home quickly. Dh told me that she came down with the virus and looked terrible...the worst he had seen her yet. He was more concerned tonight than after her surgery.
She is the sweetest woman I have ever met! We have been so blessed by her. She has shared her story of escaping (by foot) from Lithuania in WWII and it is truly an amazing story. All the nurses from the hospital wanted to take her home with them, the workers at the nursing home love her, even the other residents have told us how she has blessed them!
Would you please join our family in praying for her? Thank you so much!
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It sounds like your family has been blessed. I will pray for Granny Olga!
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Praying here!
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Krisann
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Hollee, we would be happy tp pray for Granny Olga! What a beautiful soul..........and what a blessing for all of you to know her!
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Hollee,
We'll pray, too!
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I feel compelled to recommend the Three Very Beautiful Prayers in the Pieta prayer book as an act of mercy.
Here they are:
THREE VERY BEAUTIFUL PRAYERS
Which are very useful to a dying person, and should be prayed often as an act of mercy.
There once was a Pope in Rome who was surrounded by many sins. The Lord God struck him with a fatal illness. When he saw that he was dying, he summoned Cardinals, Bishops and learned persons and said to them: "My dear friends! What comfort can you give me now that I must die, and when I deserve eternal damnation for my sins?" No one answered him. One of them, a pious curate named John, said: "Father, why do you doubt the Mercy of God?" The Pope replied: "What comfort can you give me now that I must die and fear that I'll be damned for my sins?" John replied: "I'll read these prayers over you; I hope you'll be comforted and that you will obtain Mercy from God." The Pope was unable to say more. The curate and all those present knelt and said an Our Father, then the following Prayers:
1. Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ! Thou Son of God and Son of the Virgin Mary, God and Man, Thou who in fear sweated blood for us on the Mount of Olives in order to bring peace, and to offer Thy Most Holy Death to God Thy Heavenly Father for the salvation of this dying person...
If it be, however, that by his sins, he merits eternal damnation, then may it be deflected from him. This, O Eternal Father through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Dear Son, Who liveth and reigneth in union with The Holy Spirit now and forever. Amen
2. Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ! Thou Who meekly died on the trunk of the Cross for us, submitting Thy Will completely to Thy Heavenly Father in order to bring peace and to offer Thy Most Holy Death to Thy Heavenly Father in order to free... (this person) ...and to hide from him what he has earned with his sins; grant this O Eternal Father! Through Our Lord Jesus Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in union with the Holy Spirit now and forever. Amen.
3. Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ! Thou Who remained silent to speak through the mouths of the Prophets: I have drawn Thee to me through Eternal Love, which Love drew Thee from Heaven into the body of the Virgin, which Love drew Thee from the body of the Virgin into the valley of this needful world, which Love kept Thee 33 years in this world, and as a sign of Great Love, Thou hast given Thy Holy Body as True Food and Thy Holy Blood as True Drink, as a sign of Great Love, Thou hast consented to be condemned to death, and hast consented to die and to be buried and truly risen, and appeared to Thy Holy Mother and all Thy Apostles and the hearts of all who hope and believe in Thee. Through Thy Sign of Eternal Love, open Heaven today and take this dying person ...and all his sins into the Realm of Thy Heavenly Father, that he may reign with Thee now and forever. Amen.
Meanwhile, the pope died. The curate persevered to the third hour, then the Pope appeared to him in body and comforting him; his countenance as brilliant as the sun, his clothes as white as snow, and he said: "My dear brother! Whereas I was supposed to be a child of damnation I've become a child of happiness. As you recited the first Prayer, many of my sins fell from me as rain from Heaven, and as you recited the second Prayer, I was purified, as a goldsmith purifies gold in a hot fire. I was still purified as you recited the third Prayer. Then I saw Heaven open and the Lord Jesus standing on the Right Hand of God the Father, Who said to me: "Come, all thy sins are forgiven thee, you'll be and remain in the Realm of My Father forever. Amen!"
With these words, my soul separated from my body and the Angels of God led it to Eternal Joy.
As the curate heard this he said: "O Holy Father! I can't tell these things to anyone, for they won't believe me." Then the Pope said: "Truly I tell thee, the Angel of God stands with me and has written the prayers in letters of gold for the consolement of all sinners. If a person had committed all the sins in the world, but that the three Prayers shall have been read (over him) at his end (death), all his sins will be forgiven him, even though his soul was supposed to suffer until the Last Judgement, it will be redeemed (freed)."
The person who hears them read, he won't die an unhappy death, also in whose house they shall be read. Therefore, take these prayers and carry them into St. Peter's Basilica and lay them in the Chapel named the Assumption of Mary, for certain consolation. The person who will be near death, who reads them or hears them read, gains 400 years indulgence for the days he was supposed to suffer in Purgatory because of his guilt. Also, who reads this Prayer or hears it read, the hour of his death shall be revealed to him. Amen!
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Hollee,
We are praying for Granny Olga.
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Hollee, we too will pray for this special lady!
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She is in our prayers.
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She sounds like such a wonderful woman.
Praying here for Granny Olga.
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Our family is praying for Granny Olga. What an inspiration!
Love,
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Hollee,
We will pray for Granny Olga...we have a sweet neighbor/church lady that is 92, at home, and recovering from a cracked pelvis. Ouch!  It will be easy to remember to pray for Olga when I pray for Irene Mae.
God bless,
Angela
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Praying for Granny Olga.
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Thank you ladies for offering your prayers for Granny! She truly is a special lady!
Maria, that is a beautiful prayer. Thank you for sharing that with me. I am copying it right away and will give her daughter a copy too.
I called just a bit ago and the nurse said she is feeling much better than yesterday! I just know that your prayers helped speed up her recovery! She truly was in terrible condition yesterday and today it is a totally different story!
Thank you so much!
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Wonderful news! We will continue to remember her in prayer.
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Praying here for Granny Olga!
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I wanted to update y'all on Granny and to thank you for prayers for her. She ended up in the hospital to get an IV in for dehydration. She then developed a UTI and something else. She was on several antibiotics but was not improving. She has not been eating and hardly drinking. Her doctor told her that she did not think she would get better.  She went home with hospice care a day or so ago. She is in no pain and seems to be at peace. We are praying for a happy death even though we are so not ready for her to go. Please keep praying for her and her family!
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Dear Hollee,
I just saw your prayer request for your dear Granny Olga. She will be in our daily prayers and our Rosary tonight...
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What a touching story about your Granny! We will keep her and all of you wrapped in prayer!!
God Love you!
Donna Marie from NJ
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We will continue to pray.
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