Prayer As Witness

There was a time during the care of my four-year old patient that all I could do for him was to pray.   He was in very critical condition and no medicine could help.  So after taking his vital signs and making him comfortable, I prayed at his bedside, the rosary and divine mercy chaplet .

One time I got near to his head and whispered in his ear, “Wilson, you are an angel and have suffered so much already.  You are too young to experience this discomfort. If our Lord is calling you, just go with Him.  You deserve peace of mind ,body and soul. I like taking care of you, but I can see you are suffering and so does your mom. If the Angels want to take you, just go with them.”

Little did I know that my two female co-workers heard me.  I just found out about this when I was given a day off for a Lenten pilgrimage day.  One of them was talking about what I had whispered to Wilson - the prayer I said to him.  Then each of them called me in a corner and requested me to pray for them on my pilgrimage,  They enumerated their petitions and prayer, a few were even very personal.

They were serious in talking with me. So I made them aware that I will make their prayers known to God. After this incident we seemed to bond even more. This is what I call an intangible gift from God that I have received in this mission.