Prayer to Care with Love for the Sick

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, Good Shepherd who laid down His soul for His sheep, Heavenly Healer of our souls and bodies, who heals every infirmity and disease in Your people! I come before You: help me, an imperfect and unworthy servant, and at the same time Your daughter. Look, Most Merciful, upon my deeds and service, grant me to be faithful in small things; to serve the sick for Your sake, to bear the weakness of the weak, and not for myself, but to please You alone—the One—through all the days of my life. For You said, Sweet Lord Jesus: whatever you do to one of My little brothers, you do to Me. Thus, Lord, grant me, a sinner, according to Your word, that I may delight in doing Your Good will for the comfort, joy, and healing of the sick and frail servants and children of Yours, whom You redeemed with Your Precious Blood.

Send me Your grace, which burns away the thorns of passion within me, which called the sinner to serve Your name; without You we can do nothing: visit my heart, that I may always stand beside the sick and the rejected; wound my soul with Your love, which endures all, bears everything, and never fades. Then I will be able, strengthened by You and comforted and guided by the Holy Spirit, to strive with good deeds and keep a steadfast faith and trust in You even to my last breath. For You are the one and true Source of healing and restoration of souls and bodies, Christ our God, and to You we lift praise, thanks, and worship—now, always, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

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