Our daughter-in-law, Cyrise, called me around 5 PM this evening to tell me that she was having cramps and bleeding. She had called her OB and he told her to go to the ER. She and Josh were there until around 11 tonight. The ultrasound showed the baby moving around and doing well, and the cramps and bleeding stopped. I'm relieved. She has lost three babies, and I was afraid it was happening again. I posted prayer requests on a couple of boards I've belonged to for years, and I'm sure the prayers helped. But if you are reading, would you please send up a prayer for Cyrise and this little one? The baby is due in June. Thank you!
Prayer to St. Gerard Majella, patron saint of expectant mothers:
O great Saint Gerard, beloved servant of Jesus Christ, perfect imitator of your meek and humble Savior, and devoted child of Mother of God, enkindle within my heart one spark of that heavenly fire of charity which glowed in your heart and made you an angel of love.
O glorious Saint Gerard, because when falsely accused of crime, you did bear, like your Divine Master, without murmur or complaint, the calumnies of wicked men, you have been raised up by God as the patron and protector of expectant mothers.
Preserve Cyrise from danger and from the excessive pains accompanying childbirth, and shield the child which she now carries, that it may see the light of day and receive the purifying and life-giving waters of baptism through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
2 comments:
Kalona, did I ever send you that link to St. Gerard church in Port Jefferson, NY - they will send you a blessed handkerchief.
Angela, yes, you did send me the link, and I did receive a blessed handkerchief which I gave to my daughter, who is hoping for a baby. Thank you for the reminder. I will send for one for my DIL, too.
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