Lord of all, we thank You and praise Your Holy Name for Your goodness. We beseech You to continue looking with unfathomable compassion upon Joe, Diane, and her patient and suffering mother. Lord, draw them together in love and joy, revealing Your kindness to them. Mercifully guide them through this ordeal as You also guide the minds and hands of the physicians and all who minister to them. Grant each of them a view of eternity in Your Blessed Presence, so that this temporal world of pain may decrease and become bearable once again. Father, we ask that You strengthen them to withstand this on-going test, as well as all attacks of the evil one against their great faith in You. May their hearts be filled to overflowing with love of You and of one another. As well, may the evil on both sides serve to keep them on the narrow path that leads to Your Kingdom. Graciously hear our fervent prayers that on the wonderful day which You have created we shall, each of us, bask in the radiance of Your Glory, all thought and cares of this world having faded from our minds. Eternal and Fulfilling Lord, we ask this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ, the Son in Whom You are well pleased, and Who, along with the Holy Spirit, dwell in Your presence for ever and ever. Amen! Alleluia!