Power of prayer

Every Lord have mercy.

Every Our Father.

Every prayer is the touch of the Holy Spirit to John Atkinson.

August 2008 has been difficult as John learned his cancer has worsened and he struggled with a partially collapsed lung and blood clots. But his love of his family, his fight and his faith remain strong.

As John and his family said in an e-mail about his recent medical problems:

"Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that He will."

This video is an offer of prayer, an attempt to touch John with the Holy Spirit.

We call on the apostle Saint James, as Father Sasha Petrovic of St. Nicholas Church in Omaha, Neb., tells us about the power of prayer.

Please feel free to comment with your prayers for John and others who are sick.