I have a
question a little different from others in this Direct Line section. I’d like
to know how to ask the saints a grace for a friend who is fighting against
cancer for years now. As a Christian, I know we can ask for it, but I don’t
have a precise idea how to go about this. I heard that we can also pray to
Blessed Chiara Luce Badano. (B.V.)
Your question
expresses something of great value: the profound relationship of affection that
links you to a friend who’s suffering and which urges you to ask what you can
do for her.
When we love
someone, we want the best for that person, and we wish that they can be freed
as soon as possible from their burden. Often, however, before a painful
situation, like terminal illness, before a suffering and the uncertainty that
accompanies it, we feel more than powerless, and the desire to share and
support seems the only thing left to us.
Thus, the first
grace which I think you have already obtained and which you must continue to
nurture is to be able to live together with your friend this painful moment of
suspense, helping each other to believe in the love of God who is a father and
who surely wants what’s good for your friend.
Since he is a
father who wants us to love each other, he will surely be particularly happy
about your prayer which expresses trust in his love, and he would be even
happier when you ask for it in unity with other friends.

















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