PRAYER TO BE SAID:
Before Surgery,
Heavenly Father, Creator and Comforter,
who created me in Your image and likeness,
You know every fiber of my being and have
willed that I be born. I ask You Lord to guide
the minds and hands of those who will
operate on me so that I may be restored to
health and well-being. Help me, Lord, to
pray with all my heart and allow my burden
of concern and anxiety and that of my family
to be lifted-up with the knowledge that You
are with us now and always. And Lord, when
I awake from surgery take me by Your hand
and guide me towards a life of thanksgiving
and. peace. Amen.
After Surgery,
O Compassionate Lord, I offer thanksgiving
to You because You have aided and guided
my doctor and those who assisted him in my
surgery and eventual healing. Like the
woman who touched the fringe of Your gar-
ment (Lk.8:40-56), I too have been freed
from the anxiety and isolation of my illness.
Like her I rejoice in the prospect of returning
to my home, my family and friends. I look
forward to all that Your world has to offer
and when I leave this bed, may I go out as a
more compassionate person. Bless me, O
Lord, with the loving kindness which You so
abundantly extended to me so that I may con-
tinuously bear witness to Your healing Grace.
May Your Holy name be glorified now and
forever, Amen.
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