www.byzcath.org Forums Faith & Christian Life Prayer Terri Schiavo

Eternal Father in the abundance of your tender mercies grant this woman healing. Please heal her body so she is able to function on her own. LORD HEAR THE PRAYERS OF YOUR PEOPLE, WORK A MIRACLE IN TERRI'S LIFE! Let her get up from the bed and walk away so the whole world will see the power of your love. In your name mighty Jesus. AMEN

Lord our God and Father how very sad are we Your children and Your creation! We value money and things and use each other...and come to You only to ask for things. We bring suffering into the lives of everyone around us and make You put up with our falleness as though You brought it all about. Help us to begin to start taking responsibility for our OWN shortcomings and mistakes and begin to make amends for our own role in the present situation of our world. Help us to start realizing how precious and unique everyone is, but especially the sick, the lame, the mentally and physically challenged---all of life! Give us the grace and strength to DO SOMETHING beautiful for You by living differently; as though You are at work within our lives...and trying to continue Your ministry and life here on earth by touching all around us with love and reverence! How tired You must be of us and our nasty sins! How patient You are with our slowness to change and become what You call us to be! Grant us renewed resolve TODAY to being to live differently...and may we look back tonight and see a change in our lives because we actually reached out TODAY and touched someone with kindness and smiles and pardon and healing! O Lord help us TODAY to being anew! In Jesus, Who is the Anointed You sent into this world to show us the way home to You, Amen.

In Him Who calls us to new life,
+Fr. Gregory

I am so depressed about this, I don't even want to pray anymore.

Then the evil one wins! If cannot do anything else, at least we must continue to pray that: the Lord will bring something good even out of this! At the very least, we should give glory and thanks to Him for Terry's life and the beauty we see there!

Humbly,
Your brother in His Name,
+Fr. Gregory

Of course, I realize that. Although, so far, the prayers haven't been very effective.

Pani Rose,

Ron and I both say AMEN and join you in this prayer for a miracle.

Mary Jo

I know EXACTLY how you feel.

And I know we should keep praying, regardless of our feelings, so I will. But just wanted to let you know, you are not the only one feeling this way.

Thanks, that makes me feel better. You are right, and I will keep praying. But this one has been a bit discouraging. I am also praying for her husband's conversion. He sounds like he is very much in need of it.

Tomorrow is Palm Sunday - sometimes known as Passion Sunday.

Terri is now entering the Passion too - and unless someone , somewhere , does something her journey will end the way Christ's journey on this week did .

This is Great and Holy Week - Terri is now sharing ,in her own way, in the Passion and Suffering of Christ.

His suffering ended as we all know in Death , death on the Cross.

The great difference is that He triumphed over death and rose again..

Terri will be with Him - when her time comes the angels will take this innocent woman and bear her into God's presence .

She has suffered much she is suffering much - she will not suffer again.


Out of the depths I have cried out to You, O Lord :
O Lord hear my voice.
May Your ear give heed to the voice of my supplication.
If You marked iniquities , O Lord,O Lord who shall withstand ?
For with You is propitiation ;
for Your name's sake have I waited for You , O Lord.
My soul has waited for Your word.
My soul has hoped on the Lord
from the morning watch until night;
from the morning watch until night, let Israel hope on the Lord.
For with the Lord there is mercy,
and with Him plenteous redemption,
and he will deliver Israel
from all his iniquities.

Lord have mercy on Terri.

Lord have mercy on those who have caused this torment to happen - surely they are in great need of His mercy

Anhelyna - in grief

Congress Announces Deal in Schiavo Case

20 minutes ago (approximately 4:24 PM Saturday, March 19th) Politics - U. S. Congress


By SIOBHAN McDONOUGH, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders hoped a deal reached Saturday would clear the way for a brain-damaged woman to resume being fed while a federal court reviews the right-to-die battle between her parents and her husband.


"We think we have found a solution" to the Terri Schiavo case, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, said at a Capitol Hill news conference.


"We are confident this compromise addresses everyone's concerns, we are confident it will provide Mrs. Schiavo a clear and appropriate avenue for appeal in federal court, and most importantly, we are confident this compromise will restore nutrition and hydration to Mrs. Schiavo as long as that appeal endures," he said.


Final approval was hoped for Sunday when the House planned to meet in a special session, he said. The Senate intended to meet Saturday evening on the matter.


President Bush (news - web sites) was expected to sign the bill as soon as it gets to him.


A White House spokesman, Jeanie Mamo, said the president, who was at his Texas ranch "was supportive of the efforts by congressional leaders. We remain in contact with Congress and the president is being kept apprised."


The compromise was similar to a Senate bill passed Thursday that would let a federal court review the state judge's decision in the Schiavo case. House Republicans had favored broader legislation that applied similar cases that questioned the legality of withholding food or medical treatment from people who are incapacitated.


Schiavo's feeding tube was disconnected Friday afternoon. Schiavo, 41, could linger for one to two weeks if no one intercedes and gets the tube reinserted.


GOP Rep. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee (news - web sites), said the measure was "narrowly targeted" and did not set a precedent.


For a decade, a feud has raged between Schiavo's husband, Michael, and her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, who have tried to oust Michael Schiavo as their daughter's guardian and keep in place the tube that has kept her alive for more than 15 years.


Michael Schiavo says his wife told him she would not want to be kept alive artificially. Her parents dispute that, saying she could get better and that their daughter has laughed, cried, smiled and responded to their voices.


On Friday, Republicans used their subpoena power to demand that Schiavo be brought before a congressional hearing, with lawmakers saying that removing the tube amounted to "barbarism."


The Florida judge presiding over the case rejected the request from House lawyers to delay the tube's removal. Late Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites), without comment, denied an emergency request from the House committee that issued the subpoenas to reinsert Schiavo's feeding tube while the committee filed appeals in the lower courts to have its subpoenas recognized.

Please God!

In His great mercy,
+Fr. Gregory

PRAISE GOD!

THANK YOU JESUS FOR HEARING THE PRAYERS OF YOUR PEOPLE. ETERNAL FATHER, MAY YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. Thank you for calling this land to prayer awakening us to the injustices that we have allowed to happen in our nation.

Lord let reality sink in. We all to often lean on our own understanding and not yours. IF Terri made this statement to her husband it was when she was leaning on her own understanding. Now Jesus her life is totally in your AWESOME LIFE GIVING HANDS, and she has learned in her state to lean on your understanding of the purpose of life, though she cannot say so. Restore life to her Jesus. Let your will be done. Amen.

As we continue to pray for Terri's deliverance, let us give thanks to the Lord for the concern and sensitivity shown by our national legislators, led by Sen. Frist and Rep. DeLay, and by our Chief Executive, Pres. Bush.

It seems the judiciary is operating under a different level in its appreciation of what's legal versus what is moral.

Amado

Thanks be to God!

House GOP Fails to OK Schiavo Legislation


By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - House Republicans, seeing Congress as a last hope for brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, failed during an extraordinary Palm Sunday session to pass legislation aimed at prolonging the Florida woman's life.

Once Democrats refused to allow the measure to go ahead without objection, Republicans began scrambling to bring lawmakers, who had just started their Easter recess, back to Washington.


Majority Republicans called a recess after the four-minute session and said they planned to meet as early as one minute after midnight on Monday � if they get at least 218 of the 435-member House to attend.


The Senate awaited the chance for quick approval of a bill that congressional leaders said would allow Schiavo's feeding tube to be reconnected. President Bush (news - web sites) was cutting short a stay at his Texas ranch and returning to the White House by Sunday evening in hopes of being able to sign the bill.


"Her feeding tube was removed, so time was important at this point," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said, explaining Bush's decision to return to the capital. "Hours do matter at this point," McClellan told reporters aboard Air Force One.


He said the president had not made any calls to lawmakers about the legislation, drafted after an order from a Florida judge allowed Schiavo's husband to have the feeding tube disconnected on Friday afternoon. McClellan said the bill was an effort to give Schiavo's parents "an opportunity to save their daughter's life."


After Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., gaveled the House into session, Democrats made clear they would not let the bill pass on a voice vote. That meant the need for GOP leaders to gather the required number of lawmakers for a roll call vote.

The House has 232 Republicans, 202 Democrats and one independent.

Like McClellan, congressional Republicans denied that political motivations were behind legislative efforts.

"I hope we're not ... making this human tragedy a political issue," said Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record), R-Ariz. "We've got plenty of other issues that are political in nature for us to fight about."

The bill would give Schiavo's parents the right to file suit in federal court relating to the withdrawal of food and medical treatment needed to sustain the life of their daughter.

The bill states that the U.S. District Court, after determining the merits of the suit, "shall issue such declaratory and injunctive relief as may be necessary to protect the rights" of the woman. Injunctive relief in this case could mean the reinserting of feeding tubes.

McCain was asked on ABC's "This Week" about a memo suggesting GOP lawmakers could use the case to appeal to Christian conservative voters.

"I think that the motivation of my colleagues is that we want to give this young woman's family a chance to care for her for as long as she lives," McCain said. "I don't think it's any more complicated than that."

But some House Democrats were objecting to congressional involvement.

"The Republicans in Congress do not like the results that the Florida courts have reached and they are going to this extraordinary remedy of now stripping the Florida court of its jurisdiction so that maybe there can be another outcome," Rep. Robert Wexler (news, bio, voting record), D-Fla., told NBC's "Today" show.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (news, bio, voting record), D-Ore., said in a statement, "The assault by ideologues and intolerant people who would impose government on these most personal decisions continues."

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Keep praying and join your fasting to that prayer for strength and power...that the Lord will still find a way to keep His servant's life!

In His great mercy,
+Fr. Gregory

Dear Fr. Gregory:

Yes, I join you and countless others in continuing to pray fervently that what is morally right triumphs over legalities!

After the "debacle" at the lower House, the U.S. Senate approved by a voice vote the identical Bill being then considered by the U.S. Representatives.

Hopefully, at 1 minute past midnight today, the lower House shall have the necessary attendance to consider the same Bill arleady passed by the U.S. Senate.

Meanwhile, the White House indicated that Pres. Bush will be available at ANY TIME to sign the Bill into law!

Amado