Merry Christmas to you and your family! May the blessings of this season bring you much joy and peace.
I do have a special prayer intention that involves my nephew, Jimmy. Jimmy turned 26 on the 17th of this month. Due to circumstances that are much too complicated to mention here, his mother and grandmother have not heard from him in any way for the past 5 months. The one person who may know his wear abouts will not answer text messages or voicemails left on her phone.
Jimmy’s dad was Brian, my brother #5 (out of 6), who died of kidney cancer in 2004, when Jimmy was 5.
Our family hopes and prays that Jimmy will at least let his mom Carol and his grandma Fran that he is safe. As a family, we will keep praying for Jimmy to be reunited with his mom and grandma, and get whatever help he needs to become the young man he can be.
I don’t know if the Barrett family has ever visited the Presepio at my parish—St. Brigid’s in Westbury. There is a video available on the Newsday website, but it is a totally awesome experience in person. I’m sure you and your family would enjoy it.
Thank you so much for your stories in Substack. They are always a high point of my day.
Mary Ellen and family:
Merry Christmas to you and your family! May the blessings of this season bring you much joy and peace.
I do have a special prayer intention that involves my nephew, Jimmy. Jimmy turned 26 on the 17th of this month. Due to circumstances that are much too complicated to mention here, his mother and grandmother have not heard from him in any way for the past 5 months. The one person who may know his wear abouts will not answer text messages or voicemails left on her phone.
Jimmy’s dad was Brian, my brother #5 (out of 6), who died of kidney cancer in 2004, when Jimmy was 5.
Our family hopes and prays that Jimmy will at least let his mom Carol and his grandma Fran that he is safe. As a family, we will keep praying for Jimmy to be reunited with his mom and grandma, and get whatever help he needs to become the young man he can be.
I don’t know if the Barrett family has ever visited the Presepio at my parish—St. Brigid’s in Westbury. There is a video available on the Newsday website, but it is a totally awesome experience in person. I’m sure you and your family would enjoy it.
Thank you so much for your stories in Substack. They are always a high point of my day.
Mary Pat Keegan
Merry Christmas!