Pocket Prayers for Healing. Trevor Lloyd

if thy form we cannot see?

      We know and feel that thou art here.

      Henry Twells (1823–1900)

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      Peace to you from God our Father who

      hears our cry.

      Peace from his Son Jesus Christ whose

      death brings healing.

      Peace from the Holy Spirit who gives us life

      and strength.

      The peace of the Lord be always with you.

      Common Worship

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      In darkness and in light,

      in trouble and in joy,

      help us, heavenly Father,

      to trust your love,

      to serve your purpose,

      and to praise your name;

      through Jesus Christ our Lord.

      Joint Liturgical Group of Great Britain

      THE WORLD OF CARING

      Praying for medical staff

      Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie – the blind, the lame, the paralysed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, ‘Do you want to get well?’

      John 5.2–6

      It’s a strange world of desperate emotions, sober judgements, high-tech procedures, life and death and love. But God is there in it all, recognized and unrecognized. Look for him motivating researchers; breathing wisdom and serenity into troubled minds; pouring love into those whose hands reflect his care; bringing peace to replace anxiety.

      Pray for those with difficult decisions to make; those nearing exhaustion; healers who themselves need God’s healing.

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      O Lord Jesus Christ,

      who alone hast power over life and death,

      over health and sickness,

      give power, wisdom, and gentleness

      to all thy ministering servants, our doctors

      and nurses,

      that always bearing thy Presence with them,

      they may not only heal but bless,

      and shine as lanterns of hope in the darkest

      hours of distress and fear;

      who with the Father and the Holy Ghost

      livest and reignest, ever one God, world

      without end.

      Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1701

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      Lord, your touch has still its healing power.

      Here are my hands: take them and use them this day in humble service, so that your love may flow through them to someone who needs a human touch.

      Sheila King

      A nurse’s prayer

      Sometimes Lord, I find it so hard

      When people think I am so good,

      Caring and loving, because I’m a nurse;

      They think I can cope with

      Anything

      Anybody

      Anywhere

      Anytime

      And that my uniform makes me different.

      But on the inside I’m the same,

      I have fears that need your love to deal

      with them.

      I see pain and death; am I not meant to

      feel?

      For that’s not love …

      Love feels, and is alongside;