Jun 15, 2023
PRAYER DURING ILLNESS
Lord, I find it hard to accept this illness. I am impatient, I find it hard to speak to anyone, I find it hard to talk to You.
I am wrapped up in pity and worry for myself. I worry over my health. I worry about things I would like to do, ought to do, but now can’t.
At a time like this I find it hard to believe in You, to trust in You, to love You. And yet, I want to believe, to trust, to love. I know You really care for me. I cast all my care upon You. I leave myself entirely in Your kind hands. Not my will, but Yours be done.
Lord Jesus, I think of the pains You endured for me: the great sadness of the garden, Your scourging and crowning, Your cross, Your death. You had to suffer to enter into Your glory. The sufferings of this time are not to be compared to the glory that is to come.
In the strength of Your Spirit I join my sufferings to Yours for the redemption of the world.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Amen.
