For the Distressed in Mind
A historical prayer for people distressed in mind, their protection and comfort, and those who care for them.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
For the Distressed in Mind
O BLESSED Lord, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort, we commend to Thy Fatherly goodness all those who are any ways afflicted or distressed in mind. Cheer the melancholy; restore hope to the hopeless; protect the unconscious; calm the violent, suffer them not to do harm to themselves or others, and let no one do injury to them; dispel all vain delusions; confirm the health of the recovering; comfort the sick; receive the spirits of the dying, lay not to their charge whatever evil any of them may say or do in time of their affliction; bless the endeavours of all who labour and pray on behalf of the afflicted in mind, and bring us all to Thine everlasting Kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.