[Magdalen] Prayer Request for my old friend

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

The well-meaning Hipaa strikes out again, I would say.  So sorry to read
that.  Put on that backward collar and march in to give him communion. Hey,
it might work!

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I just heard from friends that my dear old friend Ted is in hospital,
> admitted by these friends who found him in his apartment.  He had been on
> the floor for a few days.  He was confused, dehydrated, and in pain.  Not
> being family I can't get anything out of the hospital beyond that he's not
> on the hospital floor  my friends told me.
>
> He will turn 79 shortly and is still working as a priest although he has
> been going downhill badly the last while and it is all he can do to turn up
> at his little church which is housed in an old folks home.  How to
> physically get him from here to out west where he wants/needs to be nearer
> to a son with three small children and an older sister has been a
> continuing conundrum.
>
> It's all distressing and I feel of no help at all, being at a distance
> myself.  He has been a loyal friend to me.  For now all I can do is beg
> your prayers for this good man who has been his own worst enemy but
> deserves a better end than this.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>