Prayer for Healing

Here is the prayer we prayed before communion yesterday:

God,

You hear our cries

You feel our pain

You heal our wounds

Give us strength in weakness.

Bring us hope in despair.

Bless us with Your presence in our fears.

Forgive us of our sins and help us be forgiving.

Provide us wholeness
in our bodies

   peace in our mind

   repair in our relationships,

   and rest of our souls.

We want more of the life and the grace You give.

Help us to trust in You alone and
seek Your healing, wholeness, and balance.

Let my pain be a blessing to me and to others.
   May my heartbreak be a breakthrough

   May my wounds transform into wisdom

   May my past give somebody else a future

And God—make Your love, Your power, and Your grace be evident and abundant to me in days of celebration and blessing, in days of trials and hardship, and in ordinary days.

Amen.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Prayer

As I arise today,

may the strength of God pilot me,

the power of God uphold me,

the wisdom of God guide me.

May the eye of God look before me,

the ear of God hear me,

the word of God speak for me.

May the hand of God protect me,

the way of God lie before me,

the shield of God defend me,

the host of God save me.

May Christ shield me today.

Christ with me, Christ before me,

Christ behind me,

Christ in me, Christ beneath me,

Christ above me,

Christ on my right, Christ on my left,

Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit,

Christ when I stand,

Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,

Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,

Christ in every eye that sees me,

Christ in every ear that hears me.

Amen.