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Thank you!! Ivan :-) On Thu, 8 Apr 1999 10:46:01 -0400 Barbara Patterson <[log in to unmask]> writes: >April 7, 1999 > >Barbara Patterson >Parkinson’s List > >[Parkinson’s Disease World Awareness Day Prayer: > >O God You are the source of all goodness, life, light, and health and >knowledge. > >We thank You for all that you have given us so lavishly – food, >shelter, >life, love. We thank You for those who have loved and cared for us – >our fathers and mothers, our sisters and brothers, our relatives and >friends – others lack all of these things. > >We come before You as Your children who are suffering from Parkinson’s >Disease. The world is not always as aware of us as we would want. We >thank You for those striving to make us more visible. We, too, are >human persons with feelings and emotions. We are thankful for those >who >have passed laws that seek to make Parkinson’s Disease a national and >indeed and international issue. We want the world to know that we >exist. We are here. We are not shadows. We are not misfits. We are >human beings with a certain affliction. We pray that there will be >greater awareness of our plight. We pray that our governments will >make >adequate funds available for research to discover a cure for >Parkinson’s >Disease. We are on the verge of a breakthrough. We pray for those >who >compassionately look after us and those searching for a cure. Bless >their efforts and crown them with wonderful success. Bless us all. >Pour forth your Holy Spirit on us all abundantly now and always. > >Amen. > > >Desmond M. Tutu >Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa >Nobel Peace Laureate] > >God bless you all. > >Yours sincerely, > > > >Desmond M. Tutu >Archbishop Emeritus >Robert W. Woodruff Visiting Professor of Theology > >DMT/jls ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F :-) ********************************************************************