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I just had to post this amazing post from Habitat for Hope written by Mark Horrockse. Mark is the founder and President of Habitat for Hope, a well organized group of volunteers dedicated to caring for those who have come to Memphis with a loved one who is in treatment at St. Jude. At Mass this evening at Villa Vianney with Fr. Murphy during the prayers of the faithful I was struck by this statement in the daily prayer: “That the needs and concerns of others may be ours as well…” Amazing. May God bless those working at Habitat for Hope for being such a great example to the rest of us of making the concerns of others their own. The following is a direct copy from their site located here: http://networkedblogs.com/m1PnX.

I pray you are affected by this as much as I have been. Please visit their site and read about this amazing work they are doing.

And, maybe it is time we all stood at the wall more for others.

God bless…

I was blown away yesterday by something I heard that made me instantly cry. Cry for joy, cry for how unbelievable it was, and cry over my own convictions. Many of you know that Habitat for Hope maintains 2 apartments in downtown Memphis, TN. These apartments are given free of charge to families of children receiving medical treatment in Memphis.

One of our families was moving out this past week and I went down to say goodbye, pray with them and help send them on their way. The dad asked me if I had met the neighbors before. I had seen them, waved, but have never met them. The dad told me that a mother and daughter that lived in the apartment next door. The mom is 94 and the daughter is 72. The dad said that one day he was locked out of his apartment (the doors automatically lock) and he went over to ask to use their phone. As they started talking the daughter mentioned how her mother will go over the wall between the two apartments, put her hand on the wall, and pray for the for the family and sick child next door. And pray for over an hour every night.

We have had these apartments for 5 years and she has done this faithfully every day for years! Picture in your mind…a frail elderly lady taking the time every night to pray for your sick child and family…without you ever event knowing about it.

James 5:15 15 “And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up.”