Gozo, Malta
Opening Prayer
O Sun behind all suns, O Soul behind all souls grant me the grace of the dawn’s glory grant me the strength of the sun’s rays that I may be well in my own soul and part of the world’s healing this day that I may be well in my own soul and part of the world’s healing this day -Celtic Benediction (silent reflection) Prayer of the Bible Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. -Psalm 103:1-5 (Free expression of praise and thanksgiving to God) Confession of Sin Jesus, hope of the penitent, how kind you are to those who ask, how good you are to those who seek. What must you be to these who find? -Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) (Time of silence for confession of sin) The Words of Jesus For Jesus had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him. And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” And he strictly ordered them not to make him known. -Mark 3:10-12 (Think deeply on these life-giving words of Jesus) Prayers for Ourselves and Others I will exalt you, O Lord, for you lifted me up and did not let my enemies rejoice over me. O Lord my God, I cried to you for help and you healed me. -Psalm 30: 1-2 (Time to bring before God our own needs and the needs of others) Closing Prayer O Christ of the road of the wounded, O Christ of the tears of the broken in me and with me the needs of the world grant me my prayers of loving and hoping grant me my prayers of yearning and healing. -Prayer from Iona Community 
Holy Island, England
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