Loving and gracious God,

We ask for your special grace, especially these challenging and trying times of coronavirus pandemic.

We recognize the unpredictability and severity of this health crisis.
We pray for those who are sick and those affected by the disease.

We also remember the medical people – doctors, nurses, caregivers, scientists, and all those working hard to combat the disease.
We pray for our older people in nursing homes, assisted living, memory care, rehabilitation centers, homebound, and hospitals significantly impacted by this health care crisis.

We also pray for those whose lives have been disrupted, especially anyone who has lost income from a loss of work during this difficult time.
We lift to you those who have died during this pandemic.

We also recognize your wisdom and power, O Lord.
Without You, we can do nothing.
Help us to deepen our faith in you and to trust in you, and work together so that we can surpass all these challenges and would come out stronger and resilient.
By Your grace, help us to realize the importance of prayer and faith.

Finally, we pray for healing, peace, and an end of this global Coronavirus Pandemic.
We ask all these in your name Lord Jesus Christ, with the Father and in the unity of the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever. Amen.

[Written by Rev. Michael de Leon, AM]

My Jesus,

I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament.

I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul.

Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart.

I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You.

Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen.

[Written by Saint Alphonsus Liguori]