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Prayers for Sick Family and Friends. 21. "Dear Lord, we come to You today to ask for relief from pain. [Name] is having a hard time and hurting greatly, and we wish to ask for your mercy.
The prayer uses the Š-L-M root, the same used in the Hebrew word shalom ('peace'). [57] While refuah in Hebrew refers to both healing and curing, the contemporary American Jewish context emphasizes the distinction between the two concepts, with the Mi Shebeirach a prayer of the former rather than the latter. [ 58 ]
Christian prayer is an important activity in Christianity, and there are several different forms used for this practice. [1] Christian prayers are diverse: they can be completely spontaneous, or read entirely from a text, such as from a breviary, which contains the canonical hours that are said at fixed prayer times.
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A Prayer for Strength When Starting Over "Dear God, Give me the courage to begin again — to overlook the difficulties, to overcome the obstacles, and to stay open to the moment as best I can.
Refuah (' healing ') [22] – a prayer to heal the sick. [23] An addition can ask for the healing of a specific person or more than one name. The phrasing uses the person's Jewish name and the name of their Jewish mother (or Sara immeinu). Birkat HaShanim ('blessing for years [of good]') – asks God to bless the produce of the earth.
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In 2005, the World Day of the Sick had a special significance since the ailing pope later died on 2 April of that year. Many people had gathered in St. Peter's Square in Rome to pray for him as he lay dying. In 2013, Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation on this day, and he gave his declining health as his reason for retiring.