Planning ahead, today I received noticed about the fifth conference on Ignatian Spirituality for the summer of 2011, over a year in the future. What stirred my interest in this notice, however, was the request for prayers for Father Fleming S.J., prolific author on Ignatian Spirituality and one of the founders of this conference every three years. He is seriously ill with pancreatic cancer and ‘perhaps’ in the final months of this life. They say ‘perhaps’ because many people are praying for a miraculous cure through the intercession of Pedro Arrupe, S.J., the saintly past leader of the Society of Jesus, Jesuits.
Miracles do happen, and to be an official saint in the Catholic Church, a miracle from God through the intercession of an individual on the official road to sainthood, called a “servant of God”, needs to be recognized.
Also today I received phone calls from two friends who are in serious stages of cancer spreading in their bodies. I also know another friend who is suffering from advanced cancer. I checked out the web site promoting the sainthood of Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. There I found a prayer for the intercession of Dorothy Day for a ‘favor’ or miracle, from God.
Putting the pieces of the day together, phone calls from friends with cancer and the official process for Sainthood for Dorothy Day, a true inspiration for many of us, I thought why not start prayers through the intercession of Dorothy Day that God grant a cure for my three friends? We could even add a few more persons in need of cure. With more we might increase our chances of a miracle happening.
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