(an update from James’ sister, Angela)
I had the pleasure of spending the day with James today, Monday, December 23 at Prince County Hospital. He was much more alert and able to converse with us. His face had some colour in it. He did not sleep as much as he had been doing in previous days.
I discovered that James has a love for ice cream, a not uncommon love with many members of my family. This preferred food choice has taken on a health measurement for me. If I can get him to eat it, I know that he is ok. He ate a bit of ice cream today.
When speaking with his nurse and the two doctors that provide care to him, the question James needed an answer to is: “when can I go home?” This answer is what he is living for. Everyday he has asked this question. Finally, this afternoon, his cancer doctor stated that he felt James may be able to come home on Christmas day for a few hours. The answer he has wanted to hear, thus giving him a sense of purpose to endure the pain.
We have experienced some amazing moments with James. Cancer has given us a chance to let James know how much he is loved and to say good bye. Now, we are continuing to be blessed, by the news that he may be able to experience a final wish, Christmas with family, a blessed Christmas indeed.
All Creation is Groaning... 
I am so relieved to read your last message. Our Heavenly Father is still watching out for James .God bless james and all his family in this wonderful Christmas season.A Blessed Christmas for all.Love to all,phyllis
Such simple request – such precious moments.
I was so pleased to read that Jim may be able to come home for a few hours on Christmas Day.
You are so kind to share these precious moments with the rest of us.
Merry Christmas to your family and God bless you.
Helen Darby
Wishing you all an abundance of Peace and confidence in this time of mystery and wonder. You are an amazing family! Your great love,care and compassion is a wonderful witness to all. May you each be blessed and strengthened with whatever you most need. James knows deeply how much he is loved and cherished! How very fortunate you all are, to be able to be present, and journey together, as family. May you each be carried and held tenderly in these days of visitation! God’s goodness surrounds you through and in the blessings, prayers and love sent your way! Peace to all!
I hope that his wish comes true and that James is home for Christmas. A happy Christmas to you all.
Good to hear he is going to be with his family for Christmas. Very blessed wish! Prayers are with him and we continue to pray for his comfort. happy Christmas Day, Jim! …..
May you all rejoice deeply while having Jim home even for a short time – what a gift to all of you. Jim – have as much ice cream as you can manage! Have a bit of turkey for desert!
Bless you all and Merry Christmas.
Wishing Jim and his family a blessed Christmas filled with mystery and the love of Christ. Michelle, Mattias and I will continue to pray for you. Mattias turns two on Christmas eve and he is a very active young boy! Thank-you for all your kindness Jim..
Love Don + Michelle
Jim… my thoughts and friendship travel with you these days, this season of quiet new life, hidden, fragile and spirit-filled. I wish I could see you, but know that I am walking with you. Heather Eaton
Thanks for sharing this news with us! I am so glad that Jim will be able to be home with you all for Christmas Day! I know this will mean a lot to him and to you, his wonderful family. My thoughts and prayers are with you all. Please tell Jim he will be very especially in my prayers at Christmas Day Mass.
Blessings of Peace and Strength to Jim and all of you,
Sr. Ann Marie Walsh, fcJ
Just to add my voice to the chorus of the grateful to the Profit family for their faithfulness and constancy in keeping all of us who are so far away updated and feeling close to all that is happening there with Jim (James). It is very consoling to know he is in your constant care and not alone in this struggle.
We in Guelph and Ontario have just been through an ice storm. Thick ice is still coating nearly everything, disabling power lines and downing trees. The cleanup and repairs are underway, but much of the ice remains.
Tonight as I was driving west out of Guelph to work, the late day sun was low in the sky, bright and backlighting and illuminating all the glassy tree branches. It was gorgeous and breath-taking. And the scene came to mind — such beauty in the midst of danger and difficulty — as I read these updates, of your setbacks and and rallies over these days, Jim, of your great unquenchable spirit. Peace and love. Greta
Father Jim
I am still grateful for you to pull though all that time that you have and your wish comes true for you. I hope that you are at peace with everything that you had done. I am still thinking of you and recollecting the memories of the times that we saw each other since the first time we met. I am wishing you all the very best to you and to not over due on things too fast. life can be not fare at all, but we all have to face it when the time. I am praying for you to be at rest and in my heart for the rest of my life. I will be walking with you at times that you need someone to be there with you in faith and love of our creator that I can make things in life like you feel at home. All the very best and Happy dreams and Merry Christmas to you Father Jim and you and I have moments in life that we two will be sharing when the time comes. ( I’ll Fly away) I hope that you are doing well and to your family, who has been their for you and they support and care and love you no matter what.
Julia
Angela you have me shedding tears of joy! I pray God grants his Christmas wish and blesses you all with the peace ,joy and love of Christmas! ❤
Dear James, Kay, Irene and all of the Profit family,
Thank you for taking the time to make these updates. I deeply appreciate it and follow them. I am touched by the sense of gratitude and love that you express.
Christmas eve, which is the big Christmas celebration here, is approaching in Denmark in a few hours. I continue to hold you n prayer and I wish for you all the blessings of Christmas-wonder and peace.
Lene Suh Nicolaisen
Dear Jim and family We are also grateful for the updates and continue to pray for you. We wish you hope and peace on this blessed Eve. Dorothy, Tom and Nathanial Goettler
On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 9:37 AM, All Creation is Groaning… wrote:
> Lene Suh Nicolaisen commented: “Dear James, Kay, Irene and all of the > Profit family, Thank you for taking the time to make these updates. I > deeply appreciate it and follow them. I am touched by the sense of > gratitude and love that you express. Christmas eve, which is the big > Christma” >
Good Morning,
So glad to hear that Jim will be able to spend some time at home on Christmas. It will be a truly blessed time for all of you.
We added the link to the carol, “Jesus Christ the Apple Tree” in case you would like to hear it.
Much love,
Peter & Barbara
Peace and love for Jim and all Jim’s family in PEI. We hold you in our love these 12 days of Christmas. John
Hi James;
So glad to hear that you will have a chance to be with your family on Christmas Day – that is so special. To you and your family we wish you a most wondrous and happy day. Merry Christmas – Susan and Bryan
to all of Jim’s family…… you are remarkable but that is what Jim has been telling us for years!!!! Christmas at home with ice cream!!!!! oh I can see you sitting at the table at Genesis indulging and esp. after an evening session……will have some in a few minutes and toast you… might have to let it melt a bit.!!!
Bravo for you and your loved ones.
Love, Sr. Elizabeth
Dear Angela,
Thank you so much for the good news that Jim is feeling better today and that he will be able to go home for Christmas Day. Keep your positive and fighting attitude, Jim. It will bring you through these rough days and help you to be able to enter into the beauty of this Christmas season when God our creator sent his son as a further communication of his great love for us.
I am delighted, Jim, that you are eating some ice cream. I too am a lover of ice cream especially caramel and butterscotch. I’m looking forward to a dish after Mass this evening. You will be my main intention at Mass this Christmas night. I bet love of ice cream goes back to your MacKinnon heritage because quite a few members of my family also love it. Some of your fighting spirit comes from there as well so keep it up. We’re with you. The people who follow the Bruno Groaning healing circles believe that today and tomorrow are special days of renewed energy and healing and you are on their prayer list. They are well aware that it is Christ who does the healing. Let the good energy flow.and we’ll keep praying for you as you enjoy Christmas surrounded by the love of your family.
Love to you.
Mary Boyd
Dear Jim and all the Profit Family,
The Jesuits and Friends across the country surround you with our prayer and love.
Peter Bisson, sj
Dear Jim, your beloved family, your Jesuit communities and all who join in the ‘vigil of mystery’ –
I’ve been thinking that across time and space we keep vigil with you, Jim-James, and a web of companions. It was Jessica Powers, OCD who wrote:
“To live with the Spirit of God is to be a listener.
It is to keep the vigil of mystery, earthless and still.”
I hold you all in my heart and prayer. May your desire to be home for Christmas be fulfilled.
Blessings always,
Claudia, SND
Christmas blessings (and ice cream)
Love
Chris Margit Xavier and Baz
Fr Jim, very often I recall the wonderful retreat in Emmaus, Greening Spirit: Mysticism of the Earth. If one day stands out, it would be Day 2, Our Meadow Experience, and especially your description of your meadow experience in PEI. You described the flat island, surrounded by sea, the farmland, the colours, blues and greens, the beaches, your garden and how it formed you.
You showed photos of your wonderful loving family. I now see in the updates how wonderful they are.
I am so happy that you have returned to your beloved Island to be with your loving family.
It’s a great gift to have met you, a gift that goes on giving, as occasionally I go through your hand-outs. Thank you so much. Wishing you and your family peace and joy and continuing prayers.
Eileen
May you all enjoy lots of ice cream together this Christmas
In Jame’s last week in Ontario I brought him 2 big tubs of Mapletons’ ginger and vanilla ice-cream and I watched the smile on his face broaden with every spoonful. Ken and I wish James and every member of the Profit clan a blessed Christmas – filled with lots of ice-cream!
Peace and love