Healer of Galilee, you come, again and again, to permeate our human condition; you take upon yourself all that hurts us. And again, tonight you accompany us when our bodies are wracked with pain, when our minds are in confusion, when our self-esteem is lost, when our failures overwhelm, when our faith falters, when our relationships breakdown, when in our loneliness we move beyond tears. I ask for some of your Spirit to comfort the places in my heart where I hurt. Then, give I ask humbly for more of your Spirit so that I can comfort other people. Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, lover of all, we hold before you: those who have carried pain for many years: those who know they have only a short time left to live: those who face an operation: those who can never leave their chair or bed: and all those who watch and wait with them this night. Amen.
Millar, Peter: An Iona Prayer Book, first published in 1998 by The Canterbury Press Norwich
