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Prayers for Use by a Sick Person
Lord Jesus Christ, by your patience in suffering you hallowed earthly pain and gave us the example of obedience to your Father’s will: Be near me in my time of weakness and pain; sustain me by your grace, that my strength and courage may not fail; heal me according to your will; and help me always to believe that what happens to me here is of little account if you hold me in eternal life, my Lord and my God. Amen.
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A prayer for the sick person's own use in a time of physical suffering, first printed in the American Book of Common Prayer of 1979 and carried into the ACNA's 2019 prayer book unchanged.