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Preparation for Personal Prayer

Holy Spirit, breath of God and fire of love, I cannot pray without your aid: Kindle in me the fire of your love, and illumine me with your light; that with a steadfast will and holy thoughts I may approach the Father in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ my Lord, who reigns with you and the Father in eternal union. Amen.

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For Strength and Confidence

Additional Prayers for the Sick

Heavenly Father, giver of life and health: Comfort and relieve your sick servant N., and give your power of healing to those who minister to his needs, that he may be strengthened in his weakness and have confidence in your loving care; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Additional Prayers For The SickMinistry to the Sick & Dying

Provenance

BCP 1979

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A short prayer for someone who is ill, asking God to comfort the sick person and to strengthen the doctors, nurses, and others tending them. It first appeared in the American Book of Common Prayer of 1979 and passed essentially unchanged into the ACNA's 2019 book.