URGENT PRAYER REQUEST

We found out this morning that a dear friend of ours, Susan Shaughnessy is currently in a coma in Washington D.C. We would like to ask that you pray for her recovery and for her family. I have pasted some of the text from the email that Michelle received below. Some of you may recall that Susan was in our wedding. Her and her family have been close friends of the Youngmans for many, many, many years.

Please keep the Shaugnessy family in your prayers, especially Susan. The text from the email....

Dear friends of Susan,

I'm sorry to relay this news over e-mail for those of you who are hearing this for the first time. I am a housemate of Susan's. She is currently in the hospital and in need of your prayers.

She wasn't feeling well last week and had flu-like symptoms. This Sunday afternoon she was admitted to the hospital and is in the neuroscience intensive care unit in a coma. The cause of her illness is still unknown, she is undergoing a battery of tests. Since we don't know the cause there is yet to be a prognosis on her condition.

Her condition is serious and we need to pray for a miracle. Susan has a great love for Pope John Paul II and I would like to ask you to join in praying for his intercession. I've pasted a short prayer below.

O Blessed Trinity
We thank You for having graced the Church with Pope John Paul II and for allowing the tenderness of your Fatherly care, the glory of the cross of Christ, and the splendor of the Holy Spirit, to shine through him. Trusting fully in Your infinite mercy and in the maternal intercession of Mary, he has given us a living image of Jesus the Good Shepherd, and has shown us that holiness is the necessary measure of ordinary Christian life and is the way of achieving eternal communion with you. Grant us, by his intercession, and according to Your will, the graces we implore, hoping that he will soon be numbered among your saints. Amen

Please, please, please pass this along to whomever might be on your prayer lists, and I will update this blog as I know more.

Fight hard, Susan!