Petition and Prayer - Feast of Holy Doctors
Petition and Prayer - Feast of Holy Doctors
Petition and Prayer - Feast of Holy Doctors
Petition
“Again we pray for all those that have fallen sick
and are in extremity,
and for the doctors and nurses and all those in the areas of health,
who serve and minister to the sick,
offering care and comfort; that the Lord our God will furthermore strengthen them, work through them and guide them in all things”.
Prayer
Almighty Master, the help and salvation of the world; the redeemer and Savior of the sick; the physician and aid of the ailing; the healer of the sorrows of mankind’s bodies and souls; who vanquished death: our God. We now beseech, You, cleanse and rid us, and all those that have fallen sick and are in extremity, of every malady of body and soul. Lord be not far from us. Send down upon us Your heavenly power of healing. Cast far from us every lurking illness. Grant us aid in time of suffering and deliver us from every evil, grief and sorrow. End every scourge and grant us patience, O Lord. Uplift us and be a physician to us all. Raise us from our bed of pain and from our bedding of affliction.We especially ask on this feast of the Holy Doctors, accept the entreaties of the doctors and nurses, together with all whose efforts serve and minister to the sick. For they offer care and comfort. In Your love of mankind, aid them. By Your power strengthen them. Restore us who hope in You to Your Holy Church, healed and in health, to worship and glorify Your holy name, through the intercessions of the Most Holy Theotokos, of the Holy Doctors, and of all Your Saints. For You are our God, the doctor of our souls and bodies, and to You we give the glory: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, now and always and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
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