We have been praying for him every day, and I would ask anyone who stumbles past this entry to do the same, even if you don't know him. If you or someone you know has ever battled with the disease please tell me about it, I would love to hear it and pass it on to him.

I hope John gets to read this entry one day, clear of the dread disease. John I dig you and want you to get better, ok?

O Heart of Love, I place all my trust in Thee, for I fear all things from my own weakness but I hope for all things from Thy goodness.

I live through the mercy of Jesus, to whom I owe everything and from whom I expect everything.

Yet, O Lord, though I have no feeling of confidence in You, nevertheless, I know that You are my God, that I am all Yours, and that I have no hope but in your goodness; so, I abandon myself entirely into Your hands.

You make a root below the soil flourish and you can make fruitful the darkness in which you keep me.

I adore all Thy purposes without knowing them; I am silentl I offer myself in sacrifice; I yield myself to Thee; I would have no other desire than to accomplish Thy will. Teach me to pray; pray Thyself in me.

May I be patient! It is so difficult to realise what one believes, and to make these trials, as they are intended, real blessings.

My own heart let me more have pity on.

Lord, thank you for revealing your being. I prostrate myself before you, and pray that your grace flows into our humanity. Your eyes are upon all of us at all times in all places in all ways. See the tranquil eyes that are grief torn, steeped in fear and anger, groping for a new way. Let your warm and merciful spirit transform this pain into the infinite joy of your friendship.

Let the light of your love pass through those of us of strength and into those of us of weakness.