[Magdalen] Prayers needed

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Oh Susan... Margaret and her family and your deep friendship with them are 
in my prayers now. Adding threads and strength to the hammock from here.
Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Susan Hutchinson" <shutchinsonca at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 2:55 PM
To: <Magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: [Magdalen] Prayers needed

> … for my friend and former parishioner, Margaret and her family. Margaret 
> is a holy woman, and I know you are not supposed to have favourite 
> parishioners, but I can unabashedly say that Margaret was and is one of 
> mine.
>
> When I arrived in Gaspé in early 2000, her family was in crisis. Her 
> husband, Weston, was in the final stages of a long battle with lung 
> cancer. All the problems of distance and language that make health care 
> access so difficult in rural parts of Canada were in play. Her family's 
> response? They fought it at every turn, and then, when it was done and we 
> had buried Weston, they set up a community foundation to make sure that 
> others would never have to go through what they did. We are not talking 
> about educated, high income, powerful people here. No, hard scrabble, 
> smart, creative and hard working people who run a diner and a snow 
> ploughing business. Despite all this, even in face of all this, they 
> gathered me into their family and trusted this newly minted deacon with 
> their very souls. I was so honoured. They are family, even now, a decade 
> after I left the parish.
>
> Margaret is the matriarch. Not the kind that makes a priest's life hell, 
> but the kind who stands by you, prays for and with you, and smoothes the 
> way when conflict threatens. And she feeds you -- she makes the best moose 
> stew going!
>
> Margaret has heart trouble that has been getting worse over the last 
> several months, the local docs are doing their best to get her up the list 
> for care at the Université Laval Hospital in Quebec City (very high 
> quality), but it is taking time. Her family is worried. Her daughter 
> emailed me, asking for my prayers. I know things are bad when Margaret 
> sends Holly (the daughter) to me for prayers. Margaret is a school for 
> prayer unto herself.
>
> I've promised her the golden hammock, folks, please help!
>
> love and blessings
> Susan
>
> The Rev. Susan Hutchinson
> 604-319-7148
> shutchinsonca at gmail.com
>