The Indy 500 and the Saints. New Treatment Begins Tomorrow.
I admit I am a bit nervous about tomorrow. I've done the paperwork, had a final blood draw today, and am planning to arrive at 10:30AM for my 11:00AM infusion. Last Friday night I was nervous also. I knew I needed to prepare spiritually for this, because as I've written before, "My Healing is God's Secret." I want to be prepared to accept whatever comes from His hand, and that includes the possibility of a massive meltdown failure of the drug, a catastrophe in my body, or what... complete healing? Partial success or an extension of life but with ugly side effects? I mentioned St. Nektarios of Aegina previously, but we also love St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco who is notable for many miracles including the raising of the dead while he was alive, and many healings since his repose. As I prepared to pray an akathist to St. John, asking him for help, I had some crazy thoughts. Is there jealousy among the saints? I mean, last week I was praying an akathist to ...