We all depend on one another greatly.
This truth we may forget when we are well.
The vocation of doctors, nurses, and all who care for the sick is often trying.
Remember to pray for your doctors and nurses.
Be grateful to God when you are cured,
but be sure also to thank the doctors and nurses, too.

PETITION:

In your mercy, Lord of Life,
assist doctors, nurses and all who tend the sick to heal my bodily ills.
May your Son, the Divine Physician,
heal me spiritually as well and assist all in poor health.
 

God's Word and Practice

GOD'S WORD:

"People who are healthy do not need a doctor; sick people do."
(Mk 2:17)

PRACTICE:

The more we think of the needs of those around us,
the less time we have to brood about ourselves.
Doctors, nurses and all hospital workers
appreciate a brave smile and a kind word.

A Time of Trouble

At one time or another,
affliction forms part of everyone's life.
Then, we can either make of the moment of pain
a golden opportunity, or waste it.
Three points may help us face the challenge of suffering:

1. Since Christ, our Lord, suffered and died for us voluntarily,
pain still hurts but now it is suffered with new meaning.
Love transforms the bitterness.
So Saint Peter exhorts us to
"...rejoice instead, in the measure that you share Christ's sufferings.
When His glory is revealed, you will rejoice exultantly."
(1 Peter 3:13)

2. To accept sickness with all its consequences
requires a firm act of will and God's assisting grace.
Then, we use pain as a penance for our sins and for others.

3. When we join our cross to Christ's,
our illness takes us out of ourselves
and adds a universal value to our private trial.

May you in sorrow show Christian courage,
and cheerfully use your weakness to make the strength of God's grace manifest.
 

I would like to, once again,
thank the Good Franciscan Friars for the prayers and words of comfort
in this web site and all web sites titled
"Meditations and Prayers for the Sick and Homebound",
through their tireless effort,
I am able to bring that which I found on a booklet written
by the Franciscan Mission Associates,
P. O. Box 598, Mount Vernon, New York 10551

 I have also added a thing or two of my own in hopes
that these nine web sites offer comfort and wisdom
to all those suffering from pain, anxiety, diseases of all kinds and the frail elderly.
May God Bless you,
and keep you in the Shadow of His Wings.
Ligurina-Maria

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Thank you!
Ligurina-Maria

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