Prayer needed for Natasha Marie deSa

Please keep Natasha and her family in prayer. They have also included a particular prayer that they would like said. See below:

 

God bless!

 

On 9/1/07, Gregory  wrote:

Please join us in prayer for the attached intention.  

Greg and Sara

Dear Friends and Family;

Thank you so much for all your prayers for our little beautiful baby girl, Natasha Marie.They have really strengthened us during this hard time.

The doctors did the tests on Natasha's lungs and determined that 3 of the 4 pulmonary veins from the lungs were going towards the abdomen instead of the heart. One of the four veins was going to the heart and because she has thin arteries, this to some extent balances the circulation. But unfortunately because the veins come together so far from the heart the doctors say that surgery is not possible to correct this situation.

 

Our pediatric cardiologist is going to send the images of her lungs and heart over to Children's Hospital in Philadelphia and Boston but does not think any baby with a similar situation has been operated on. We are still hoping for a medical miracle, but one by one it looks like all the medical doors are being shut. If none open, then they will stabilize her and send her home for us to enjoy our precious few days with her.

 

I must tell you she is very beautiful and looking at her one would never imagine the challenges she faces because of her internal anatomy. She is able to breathe on her own, the only time they had to put her on a ventilator was for yesterday's tests.

 

Zita, who was in a different hospital (Fair Oaks) recovering from labor, was able to visit Natasha in the ICU for the first time yesterday after the tests when she was still on the ventilator. Hearing her voice, one she had heard for nine precious months, Natasha started to breathe on her own again and attempted to shake off the ventilator tube. It was so touching to see the bond God has placed between mother and child.

 

As I said, medical options seem exhausted, so we are praying that if God wills, He can perform a miracle for our precious daughter, and ask you to beg Him for the same. To our Catholic friends we ask you to pray a nine day novena, asking Bishop Alvaro del Portillo to join us from Heaven in asking our Lord for this miracle.

 

To our other Christian and non-Christian brethren, let me add a few words of explanation. On earth, we have people like members of our Church or family or people like the Rev. Billy Graham who are close to Our Lord that we would ask to pray to Jesus on our behalf. We also have friends who were very close to our Lord on earth and infinitely closer in Heaven where they see Him face to face who we beg to pray to Him on our behalf. Freed from all attachment to sin, their prayers are much more powerful than when they were alive. We never pray to them, that would be idolatrous, we ask them to join their prayers to ours.

 Bishop Alvaro was a very holy priest who was close to the late John Paul II, a close collaborator in Vatican II, and much respected and loved by our late great pontiff. We ask him to join his prayers in Heaven to ours that Our Lord, if that be His will work a miracle for our beloved Natasha.

But all prayers are heard by God, no matter the outcome (in our eyes), He works all to the good as we will discover when we cross the thin veil that separates this world from the next. So, please pray to Him in any way you feel comfortable.

Natasha's lifem though only 3 days long so far, has already touched hundreds of people all over the globe. So, it has already a great purpose. Several people have shared stories with us on how their faith has been strengthened, nurses have cried and prayed for her with us. We already feel blessed beyond anything we deserve for the chance to know and love her.

Thanks for all your prayers and thoughts, they have uplifted us in this, the most difficult chapter of our lives. There are too many people to thank individually, family members who are, through their own pain, praying constantly, close friends in our parish, school, and work who have visited and prayed with us, and countless other friends, old and new- people who we have never met but feel like we already know. Please continue to pray for our little angel.

God Bless

Zita and Colin, Aaron, Andrew, Marc, Katrina, and Natasha

P.S. I am sorry, there are thousands of people praying and I don't have all the email addresses. Please forward this email.

Prayer for don Alvaro's intercession

Prayer for private devotion.

O God, most merciful Father, you granted your servant Avaro, Bishop, the grace of being an exemplary pastor in the service of the Church, and a most faithful son and successor to Saint Josemaria, the founder of Opus Dei. Grant that I too may respond faithfully to the demands of the Christian vocation, turning all the circumstances and events of my life into opportunities to love you and serve the kingdom of Jesus Christ. Deign to glorify your servant Alvaro, abd through his intercession grant me the favor I request ... (here make your petition).

Amen.

Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory be to the Father.

In conformity with the decrees of Pope Urban VIII, we declare that there is no intention of anticipating in any way the judgment of the Church, and that this prayer is not intended for public use.