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For nine years, Randa Aweis battled kidney disease, urgently in need of a transplant. In mid-May, a donor was found for the 58-year-old mother of six, a Catholic Palestinian who lives in Jerusalem. 

Q. What prayers does one say in silence when you first enter your seat in church? And what about after Communion? I have developed my own but am wondering if I have been missing something for all these years. (Youngstown, Ohio) 

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” Jesus Christ’s final command to his disciples before ascending into heaven, called the Great Commission, might seem a simple and straightforward order for action. But its use on the Sunday dedicated to the mystery of the blessed Trinity tells us that something more is going on. 

There are some things in life for which no amount of preparation will ever be adequate. April 10, I learned that ordination is one of them. 

I stood in the middle of the intersection at 2 a.m. Usually these two roads are humming with cars, but now they were silent. I looked in each direction and considered how my life was about to change irrevocably. 

How often have you heard, “I’ll be praying for you,” or how often have you said it to another?

When: May 28, 10:30 a.m.
Where: Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, 17700 Dominican Drive, Potomac Shores 

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