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Additional Prayers for the Sick
O God of heavenly powers, by the might of your command you drive away from our bodies all sickness and infirmity: Be present in your goodness with your servant N., that his weakness may be banished and his strength restored; and that, his health being renewed, he may bless your holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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A prayer over the sick received from the Latin rite of visitation, "Virtutum coelestium Deus," rendered into English and taken into the American Prayer Book in 1928.