Dear Friends,

I've managed to injure my right leg and am experiencing terrible pain which will be dealt with over the next few days.

I ask for your prayers for healing and for patience for me.

It seems I have a low threshold for such pain - I really don't like it.

I should be grateful, after all.

Often, in discussions here, I don't have a single leg to stand on

Thanks,

Alex

May the Great Physician heal you through the prayers of St. Servatus!

Dear Alex,

Please look after yourself till the damage is repaired.

May Our Mistress look after Her slave and present his need to Her Son

May God grant you many continued years of good health, with two legs to stand on. May he, during this time of rest grant you a retreat with him in a very special way

Hey Alex:

Your name has been added to my morning prayer cycle. However, I pray for the 'servant of God Alex' rather than 'Orthodox Catholic'! You don't mind...do you. hehehe

Dear Friends,

I not only wanted to thank you all for your prayers, but also wanted to report what just might be a small miracle.

Last night, the pain got so bad I went to my knees.

I accepted the pain and asked God to help me endure for as long as He willed.

As I was getting up, I felt a "click" in the painful leg.

When I stood up, I realized the pain was COMPLETELY gone.

I could walk up stairs and walk period without limping.

Last night was the first night in a while that I could sleep right through without being awakened by pain.

I thank God who, by your prayers, has taken me out of the pit of despair and pain.

My father-in-law is still mesmerized by the whole thing.

The change was so rapid and final that I was completely overwhelmed.

That's the last time I'll ever consider kneeling to be a Latinization!

God bless you all!

Alex

p.s., Thank you Orthoman! I would rather be a "servant of God" than anything else any day!

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Isn't it wonderful what the prayer of all here can do ? Thank God who has indeed heard our cries to Him.

Dear Lady Angela,

Yes, and I was doing most of the crying . . .

I'm just thinking out loud, but since I've picked up that daily prayer habit you also follow, I've noticed changes in my life that seem to be flowing from it.

The "out of the ordinary" things that have occurred since November of last year are followed by a consistent "feeling" inside.

There are other aspects to his, but I'm just not comfortable speaking about them just yet.

God bless you!

Alex

Alex,

Be assured of my prayers as I know what you are experiencing. I tore my ACL(terribly painful)a few months ago. I need surgery, which I have been delaying because of work.

I'll pray for your leg and you pray for my knee. How is that?

Columcille

Dear Columcille,

You're on - we'll go toe-to-toe on this one!!

May the Mother of God of Pochaiv bless and heal you through Her sacred Footprint!

Alex

You KNEEd prayer, you got it.

Glad to hear of Alex's witness to the power of God. I thank God that I can kneel, I know people who can't.

John
Pilgrim and Odd Duck