For the Sick and Homebound
Psalm for the Sick
O Lord, in your anger punish me not; in your wrath chastise
me not. For your arrows have sunk deep in me; your hand has come down upon me. There is no health in my flesh because of your
indignation; there is no wholeness in my bones because of my sin. For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are like a heavy
burden, beyond my strength. Noisome and festering are my sores, because of my folly. I am stooped and bowed down profoundly;
all the day I go in mourning. For my loins are filled with burning pains; there is no health in my flesh. I am numbed and
severely crushed; I roar with anguish of heart. O Lord, all my desire is before you; from you my groaning is not hid. My heart
throbs, my strength forsakes me; the very light of my eyes has failed me. For I am very near to falling; and my grief is with
me always. Indeed, I acknowledge my guilt; I grieve over my sins. Forsake me not, O Lord,; my God be not far from me! Make
haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. Let me know, O Lord, my end and what is the number of my days, that I may learn how
frail I am. A short span you have made my days, and my life is as nought before you; only a breath is any human existence.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, to my cry give ear; to my weeping be not deaf! For I am but a wayfarer before you, a pilgrim like
all my fathers. Turn you gaze from me that I may find respite, ere I depart and be no more.
Taken from
Psalms 37 and 38
Prayer for the Sick
Dear Jesus, Divine Physician and Healer
of the sick, we turn to you in this time of illness. O dearest comforter of the troubled, alleviate our worry and sorrow with
your gentle love, and grant us the grace and strength to accept this burden. Dear God, we place our worries in your hands.
We place our sick under your care and humbly ask that you restore your servant to health again. Above all, grant us the grace
to acknowledge your will and know that whatever you do, you do for the love of us. Amen