For a Sick Child
Asks God to help a sick child, bless those caring for them and the means of treatment, and sustain their loved ones with hope.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
MOST merciful and most pitiful Father! visit this child, we beseech Thee, with Thy healing power. We believe that Thou art both able and willing to help us. When Thy Son dwelt among us, He revealed the love and desire of Thy heart by restoring those who were sick in body or in mind in answer to the cry of faith. Thou art the same tender and loving Father to-day. Increase our faith that we too may receive from Thee a gift, even the life of this child. Bless those who minister to him. Give them wisdom, skill, tenderness, and an ever-undaunted hope. Endue with healing virtue the means being used to combat his disorder. Lay Thy hand upon him to save and to raise him up.
We pray for his soul's health. Keep him pure and unspotted from the evil that is in the world. Consecrate him anew to Thyself that in sickness or in health he may be Thine, to witness to Thy Kingdom where reigns the spirit of a child. Bless those who especially love him and who now watch and wait with troubled hearts. Banish from them despair. Give them an abundant hope and a living trust and an earnest prayer. This we ask for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.