Caregivers' Prayer

Fr. Tony’s Mid-week Message

Prayer for Caregivers

September 2, 2015

Loving God, you put us in families and relationships, and taught us to care for each other.  Help us in our care-giving to show your love and kindness.  Make us see each act of assistance as an opportunity to show grace and support, not as a technical problem to be solved.  Help us place shoes on with kindness, not cram feet with force; assist walking or movement with patience, not hurrying in a rush; listen and try to understand, not chirp “Say again?” in annoyance; allow our charge to maintain dignity and self-respect, not sink into degradation; focus on joy of being able to do what one can, not wallow in diminishment or regret loss.    Make us closer and closer to our charges as they grow farther and farther away from us.   And make our grief and sorrow at their passing from us an honest pain of a heart longing to be together again once more, not regret for love not shared.  For your mercy’s sake we pray, Amen.  

Grace and Peace,  Fr.Tony+