Here’s another new coronavirus prayer, to help support and encourage you in these challenging times.
We have kept ourselves safe, Lord,
so far, anyway,
and we rejoice in that,
we celebrate and give thanks for it,
but we would think also of those who have not been so fortunate;
those who, in different ways, have already been victims of this pandemic.
We remember especially those who have died,
often alone save for a nurse by their side.
We think of their loved ones,
reeling with shock,
numbed by grief,
struggling to come to terms with someone whom they treasured beyond words
suddenly and cruelly being plucked away from them.
We pray for those who are ill in hospital at this time,
facing their own battle against this disease,
enduring the fear,
the mental trauma,
the emotional anguish of knowing that they may not pull through.
We think of those who have recovered,
but whose health has been undermined by the virus,
perhaps never to be fully regained;
of those who are still haunted by their experience,
and of family members who have had to stand by helpless
while their loved one battles for their life –
no option other than to wait,
hope
and pray.
We have kept ourselves safe, Lord,
but, of course, this isn’t just about us;
it’s about others too:
those who have been left bruised,
battered,
broken,
bereft,
by everything they have faced.
Uphold them,
uplift them,
embrace them in your loving arms,
and may light shine for them again.
Amen.