![]() ![]() ![]() One can say ‘I will accept this particular suffering in order to make reparation for my own faults’. This can have a powerful effect in saving souls!Īs Bishop Fulton Sheen put it “Love does not have the power to kill pain or to extinguish it, but it does have the power to diminish it. Also, uniting our sufferings in prayer with Christ’s on the Cross helps us make amends for our sins and those of others. Prayers for the sick, as with all prayers, can help our Lord ease our burdens by giving us His graces to deal with them so that we can bear our crosses with more equanimity and with more patience. He said, as we read in Matthew’s Gospel “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest….For my yoke is easy, and my burden light” (Matt 11:28-30). However, he also gave us hope in trusting in Him to help see us through our difficulties. ![]() Our Lord said that we would each have our crosses to bear in this life (Matt 10:38). We also have among our selections a moving prayer in time of sickness, a prayer for a cure, a prayer for grace in sickness, and a prayer for those undergoing medical tests. Illness is just one of many misfortunes people face in a world steeped in sin.Īmong our prayers for the sick we offer this short one below:Īlmighty and Everlasting God, the eternal salvation of those who believe in You, hear us on behalf of Your servants who are sick, for whom we humbly beg the help of your mercy, so that, being restored to health, they may render thanks to you in your Church. We often travel in this life through a “valley of tears,” as we say in the prayer Hail Holy Queen. Are you undergoing an illness of some sort? Or do you know someone who is? As we all know, while our Lord in His Passion opened up for us the gates of Heaven, He did not create Heaven on Earth. Prayers for the sick are a great way to ask God for His healing and to give you, or your loved ones, comfort and strength to deal with afflictions. ![]()
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