A story about a Kansas City couple, sustained by faith and love, who have been caring for their bed-ridden and severely disabled son for 52 years.

For fifty-two years, Ted and Herminia Reyes have cared for their son like a baby. That’s because Ricky, who is now a middle-aged man, has been bedridden his entire life. Born with developmental disabilities, Ricky has the mind of a two-month-old.

He can’t talk to his parents. He isn’t able to get out of bed by himself. Ted and Herminia must bathe, shave and feed him. But none of that has diminished the Reyes’ love for their son, which seems to have only grown over the years.

It is fueled by a steadfastness of faith that most of us can only envy — their pastor included.

The Reyeses, says Holy Spirit, Overland Park, pastor Father Harry Schneider, are nothing short of “heroes.” Father Schneider visits the Reyes’ home several times a year to anoint Ricky and to pray with him and the family. He always leaves, he said, feeling humbled and even a little ashamed. “I always come away thinking, ‘You think you’re doing so much. But you’re not doing anything,’” said Father Schneider. “I feel very humble next to them.”