Note: With colds circulating as the season changes, and stories of people suffering from cancer or mourning the loss of a friend or family member, the following prayer might help us all find the healing we seek and need, in the Source of all Healing: God himself.
O God, our Healer and our Good, you sent your Son to cure the world's sickness by taking upon himself the burden of its guilt. Heal the diseased vision which causes us to mistake evil for good; heal the sickened mind which causes us to mistake selfishness for love; heal the unhealthy habits which we have made our own, that we may stand before you, whole in body, soul and spirit, to sing your praise for ever with all the saints, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
We might add that every unexpected "intervention" in our day's plan, the dim news we dread to hear, the disappointment of a failed goal, or just the sluggishness that comes with a cold, is a means God is using to help us remember who we are as vulnerable, dependent creatures. With such a realization comes humility and empathy as well as the vision to see that what we "suffer" has a purpose, and is usually less, than others are suffering. All becomes relative, and we gladly will take back our complaints and deal with our own little pains.
Bro. Rene
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