Prayer for Healing

O Blessed Lord, the father of mercies, and the God of all comforts:
We beseech thee, look down in pity and compassion upon this thy afflicted servant.
Thou writest bitter things against him,
and makest him to possess his former iniquities;
thy wrath lieth hard upon him, and his soul is full of trouble:
But, O merciful God, who hast written thy holy Word for our learning,
that we, through patience and comfort of thy holy Scriptures, might have hope;
give him a right understanding of himself, and of thy threats and promises;
that he may neither cast away his confidence in thee,
nor place it any where but in thee.
Give him strength against all his temptations, and heal all his distempers.
Break not the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax.
Shut not up thy tender mercies in displeasure;
but make him to hear of joy and gladness,
that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Deliver him from fear of the enemy,
and lift up the light of thy countenance upon him, and give him peace,
through the merits and meditation of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

                         Taken from the Book of Common Prayer - Order for the Visitation of the Sick

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                  The canopy of St.Cuthbert's Shrine in Durham - Photo by Hong Jong Lim.

St. Cuthbert (b.634 - 20th.March 687)   -   Patron Saint of Northumbria.

Almighty God.
Who called your servant Cuthbert from keeping sheep to follow your son and to be shepherd of your people.
Mercifully grant that we, following his example and caring for those who are lost, may bring them home to your fold.
Through your son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Prayer said in the Cathedral on St.Cuthbert's Day, 20th.March.