to anoint them with the Sacrament of the Sick before surgery.
It’s also very common to be anxious before surgery.
losing the ability to do the simplest things for ourselves.
anger and even a bout of depression.
that sometimes no one close can relate.
to pick up our cross of pain and suffering and follow him.
that gives us back our innermost self – our best self.
I didn’t know was there, “help me, Lord Jesus.
The cross you carried up to Calvary weighed 300 pounds.
That was incredible how something inside of me changed.
and the way I was beating myself up with angry thoughts.
the part that thinks we can do it ourselves without his help.
the Lord and other people and we will never win that battle.
and embrace that pain and suffering with all your might.
Don’t fear to be helpless. The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
Jesus, I trust myself to you.