A Prayer in Time of Viral Outbreak
O Holy Father, God of unknown, uncreated depth,
You are beyond all of our definition and expectation.
You are the Creator of all worlds, physical and metaphysical.
As You are only love, in love You created everything that truly is.
Through Your Son, everything has form and purpose.
And through Your Spirit, everything lives and moves back toward You.
We are afraid, O Father,
Of this scourge that is attacking us, Your people around the world.
There are so many consequences from the First Fall away from You,
When the world was first broken,
That we cannot begin to understand.
We can see particles of this pestilence in our laboratories,
And we shiver at its evil wildness, its demonic hatred
Of the weak especially, and of the old.
Our hearts are open to You, loving Father,
We come to You as children, meek and lowly:
We beg You to help the scientists who work to find a cure.
We beg You to protect the doctors, the nurses, the first responders from infection:
Please, Loving Father, let the guardian angels encircle them,
And prosper the work of their hands.
We beg You to help our leaders to put away childish things,
To forget political advantage, and to become good stewards of the nation.
We beg You to help our people to be wise themselves
And to care for human life, the littles ones around them.
We cry out to You as One Who did not send this plague.
We cry out to You as One Who only heals and redeems.
Stop this plague, and turn it back to the abyss from which it came.
Heal Your people, the humanity of this earth,
Cleanse Your people and strengthen us.
We are weak, but You are strong,
And in our weakness is Your strength made manifest.
Help us, we beg You this,
In the Name of Your Son, the Great Physician, do we pray,
Who, together with You and our Comforter, the Holy Spirit,
Are due all glory and honor, now and ever, and unto ages of ages,
Amen.
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