A Prayer for a sick Person, when there appeareth a small hope of Recovery
A Manual for Christians, 1838Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | A Manual for Christians, containing Prayers and Holy Precepts, selected from Catholic Authors, confirmed by Examples; to which are added Instructions for Youth, and an Abridged Catechism. |
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| Imprint | Vienna., Printed by Strauss’s Widow., 1838 |
| Pages | pp. 204–205 |
| Scan | leaf 218, leaf 219 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- a happy death, the sick
Master of the Brussels Initials and Associates, Office of the Dead, Hours of Charles the Noble, about 1405. Cleveland Museum of Art.
O Father of mercies, and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need: we fly to thee for succour in behalf of this thy servant here, lying under thy hand, in great weakness of body. Look graciously upon him, O Lord; and the more the outward man decayeth, strengthen him, we beseech thee, so much the more continually with thy grace and Holy Spirit in the inner man. We know, O Lord, that there is no word impossible with thee; and that, if thou wilt, thou caust even yet raise him up, and grant him a longer continuance amongst us. Yet forasmuch as in all appearance the time of his dissolution draweth near, so fit and prepare him, against the hour of death, that after his departure hence in peace and in thy favour, his soul may be received into thy everlasting kingdom, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ thy only Son, our Lord and Saviour. Amen.