✝ 5th Week After Easter

"When you pray you rise to meet in the air those who are praying at that very hour, and whom save in prayer you may not meet.   Kahlil Gibran


✙ Gracious God, please pour your love upon those who have asked to be remembered in our prayers. 
You can add your prayer request at https://ministry.dpd.org/prayer-requests
Kim Tackett – DPD staff member.  May God grant her patience during her healing.
Little Valerie Rieser – Prayers requested by staff member Karen Rieser as she goes through tests and surgery.  May God’s blessings be upon her.
Beverly Coe – Family member of Patt Foth.  May God grant comfort in grief to the family in her passing and peace in knowledge of his love.
Abigail – Granddaughter of staff member Nora.  As she undergoes surgery and or a successful and speedy recovery.
Maureen Power- Sister of Gruenert staff Christine Kearney.  May God bless her with renewed health.
Tony Rodriguez –Uncle of Ashley Hidalgo.  Prayers for courage as he undergoes treatment.  May he be returned to health.
Greg Nugent – May God hear his prayer and bring blessings
Caitlin Clearly – An employee at Straight and Narrow.  May she be surrounded in God’s love.
Kenny Miscisak – Gruenert Center client facing difficult health issues.  May God’s loving hand lead him to healing
John Hendershot - May God have mercy on him during this time of illness and suffering.
Don King -  Father of Nancy Zajdel who suffered a stroke.  May God bring comfort and healing.
Daniela Petrociova – For healing, strength and courage to face the challenges before her.
Nettie- for relief from pain and quality in her remaining days.
Jeanette Brancato – Mother of Chris Brancato as she undergoes treatment.  For courage and healing.
Joe DeMayo and family  - Seeking God's grace, strength and peace as they face a very difficult time. 
Tom Avagliano – Brother of volunteer Denis Avagliano.  May the Lord bring strength, health, healing and wholeness.
Joyce Lifshin – For hope and courage as she deals with seemingly insurmountable life situations.  May God provide for her well-being and peace.
Kerry - a young man with Down syndrome who is experiencing the end stages of Alzheimer’s.  May God hold him close.
Laina Regan – For successful healing from surgeries and illness. May God hold her close during this challenging time.
D.J. – For strength, hope and healing
John Edwards – friend of SATC.  For strength during this difficult illness.  For God’s loving hand provide patience and peace.
Josiah – For God’s guidance and protection and for the family who loves him
Bill Budesheim – Brother in law of Joe Wickham. Prayers for improved health for a heart condition
Terry Walker – friend of Denis Avagliano, as be battles cancer.
Sister Ann – For healing and a return to health.
Sharon Z. – For strength and hope as she faces a reoccurrence of cancer. May God hold her close.
Blanca Rivera- mother of a staff person Maria Alvarez as she is fighting Cancer.
Tommy Rieser – friend of Gruenert Center staff person Karen. For courage as he fights a new illness.
Patricia Brasley – Mother in law of Carolina Nelson who is facing serious illness.
Blair Nelson and George Fernstrom – Friends of Denis Avagliano.  For strength and courage in dealing with this illness. 
May God grant a return to health.
Barbara Whitmore, Bob & Jay M artin – Family of staff person Kelly Hammel .  For courage in the face of illness.
Theresa Wickham – Mother of staff person Joe Wickam.  May God grant her comfort, strength and healing.
Regina Maloney -  Sister of Joe Wickam.  May God watch over her and give her courage and healing.
Kirsten Yuroshek
Daniel Healy 
Charlie Raab & Jim Daugherty
Anthony – for strength
For peace, justice and hope in our world.
May God bless our staff, residents, friends, volunteers and benefactors. 
May he turn his face toward you and give you peace.

 

Beverly Coe – Family member of Patt Foth
Helen Andreano - grandmother of staff member Danille Ricciardelli
Connie Walsh – DPD volunteer
For all deceased Friends and family of the DPD

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✙ May 21 – Feast Day of Saint Constantine: 272 A.D. – 337 A.D. 
Constantine—as the first Christian emperor—is a significant figure in the history of Christianity. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built on his orders at the purported site of Jesus' tomb in Jerusalem, became the holiest place in Christendom.   When his father, Constantius, had died he’d been proclaimed emperor.  The problem was that one of his generals, General Maxentius, had other ideas. He thought he should be emperor, and now that the matter was going to be settled by a battle close to a bridge that crossed the River Tiber near Rome. The night before the battle, Constantine had a dream. Jesus appeared to him in the dream and said that he must make the cross his own symbol and have it placed on all the imperial flags and standards. The next morning, October 28 in the year 312, the battle began. As in the army of General Maxentius began to advance across the bridge; it collapsed, flinging many of his soldiers into the river. Constantine won easily.

✙ May 24  -St. Rita of Cascia: Patron Saint of the Impossible
Saint Rita is the patroness of impossible causes and hopeless circumstances because of her difficult and disappointing life. From an early age St. Rita desired to become a nun, but her parents insisted that she marry at the age of twelve. St. Rita did so in obedience to them. Adding to her disappointment, the man her parents arranged for her to marry was cruel and harsh, and she spent 18 years in a very difficult marriage and had 2 sons. Her husband eventually became physically abusive.  He was murdered as a result of political rivalries. Both of her sons fell sick and died within a year of his death. St. Rita was all alone in the world and sought again to enter the convent, as had been her desire from childhood. She was turned away because of her family's association with the civil strife. Rita prayed continuously and eventually her prayers were answered and she was accepted into the convent. Even though her life was full of sorrows and disappointments, Rita was consoled by closely uniting herself with the sufferings of Christ.

 
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