Card. George diagnosed with cancer
Posted on 17 August 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
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Perhaps in your goodness you would remember Card. George in your prayers, perhaps even offering some penances and mortifications for him.
From WGN:
WGN News
August 17, 2012
CHICAGO—
Cardinal Francis George will undergo treatment for cancer, the Chicago Archdiocese announced Friday afternoon.
According to a statement from the Archdiocese, the Cardinal underwent a procedure on Wednesday August 15 at Loyola University Medical Center.
Today the Cardinal met with his doctors who reviewed test results with him which indicated cancerous cells in his kidney and in a nodule that was removed from his liver, the statement said.
Doctors will work with Cardinal George to plan a course of treatment. He will be resting at home this weekend and will be on retreat next week, according to the statement.
The Archdiocese had no further information.
Cardinal George, 75, has a history of health problems, he underwent surgery for a rare form of bladder cancer six years ago.
He also suffered from polio when he was a child.
PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY FOR THOSE SUFFERING OF CANCER
Dear St. Anthony,
you recognized Our Lord Jesus as the Divine Healer.
In your goodness and kindness,
please intercede for His Eminence Francis Cardinal George
who is suffering from cancer.
If it is God’s will,
I ask that this day,
the gift of healing be granted to His Eminence.
Comfort him during times of unbearable pain,
and ask our Lord to grant him/her peace and patience in suffering.
May God give His Eminence the fullness of life here on earth,
or call him home to eternal glory forever. Amen.
PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY FOR THOSE SUFFERING OF CANCER
Dear St. Anthony,
you recognized Our Lord Jesus as the Divine Healer.
In your goodness and kindness,
please intercede for His Eminence Francis Cardinal George
who is suffering from cancer.
If it is God’s will,
I ask that this day,
the gift of healing be granted to His Eminence.
Comfort him during times of unbearable pain,
and ask our Lord to grant him/her peace and patience in suffering.
May God give His Eminence the fullness of life here on earth,
or call him home to eternal glory forever. Amen.