Held By His Hand

I shouldn't be here. That is not poetic exaggeration. It is a medical fact.

In 2018, an angiogram revealed that Joseph Aniñon's Left Anterior Descending artery — the one doctors call the "Widowmaker"—was completely blocked, with every other major artery narrowed to 80–90%. Every cardiologist agreed: immediate quintuple bypass surgery or a fatal heart attack within five months.

He didn't go through with it. Not out of courage — out of fear. He gambled with the time he had left, trusting prayer and diet where medicine demanded surgery. Somehow, it worked. For five years.

Then came the stroke.

Held By His Hand is the 30-day devotional born from what happened next — the surrender Joseph could no longer postpone, and the God he met in the waiting room, the operating table, and the long, quiet months of recovery that followed.

Each day offers a short, honest reflection paired with Scripture; a moment of real testimony from Joseph's own hospital bed and recovery; and a simple Faith Step to carry the day's truth into your own life. Written from a Catholic perspective—drawing on the Rosary, Adoration, and the Anointing of the Sick — but open to anyone walking through a health crisis, a hard diagnosis, or a season where faith and fear are both present at once.

Whether you're facing surgery yourself, sitting in a waiting room for someone you love, or simply need thirty days of honest, unhurried hope—this book meets you exactly where you are.

You are not forgotten. You are not finished. You are held.