If we are dependent on Congress to save Terry Schiavo we are in deep trouble and need to pray harder. Good St. Joseph help us. President Bush doesn't have to worry about re-election. Why doesn't he just sign an executive order protecting Terry civil rights and placing the matter in the federal courts, given that the supoenas were ignored. Everything seems so backa@@wards! The courts want to give extra rights to gays but can't see that Terri's are protected.
Here is my very Catholic (If you don't like prayers to the saints, stop reading warning) prayer for Terri this morning:
Good St. Joseph,
Guardian of our Lady and the child Jesus,
Patron of women, children, and husbands,
Patron of the whole church,
you who are there for us calmly,
in times of trouble,
patron saint of a holy death,
on today your feast day,
we ask you to especially watch down on our most vunderable sister,
Terri Schaivo,
intercede for her with your son Jesus,
comfort her as the pangs of hunger and thirst grow stronger,
pray for strength for those who are working so hard to save her,
pray for healing and softening in those hearts trying to kill her,
pray that all who watch her vigil
will learn the realities of the evilness of human-caused suffering,
and how life is a gift from God in heaven.
St. Joseph,
quietly you worked to protect and raise Jesus as a child,
quietly, you work tirelessly in heaven
as you watch over your son's church,
never was it known that any who turned to you were left unaided.
Pray for us, good St. Joseph,
now, and at the hour of our death, Amen.