A believer is not surprised when someone close asks to pray for him. But what about those who believe in the soul? A friend or relative comes up to such a person and asks to pray for himself. The man is lost, nods his head. And he himself thinks: how should one pray?
Read this article about the simplest prayer for the he alth of loved ones and relatives. And not only about the most simple. Here are the answers to many questions.
Who are neighbors?
Let's be very brief about this. Neighbors are not only blood relatives. These are friends, acquaintances, work colleagues, neighbors and all the people who surround us. You need to pray for them both in church and at home. But if the first option can be a hitch, then the second is much easier.
Why are there problems with prayer in the temple? In fact this is not true. We can submit notes on the he alth of our baptized neighbors. But it is impossible to commemorate the unbaptized in the temple. But at home, in cell prayer, you can. That's the difference.
WhatIs there a prayer for the he alth of loved ones? We will talk about this below.
The shortest prayer
Reading the morning rule, a Christian encounters this prayer. Those who go to the temple and read the rule regularly have guessed what it is about. For the rest, here is the text of this prayer:
God save and have mercy on my spiritual father (name), my parents (names), relatives, bosses, benefactors (names) and all Orthodox Christians.
This prayer for the he alth of relatives and friends (living) is read with a listing of their names, as we can see. A similar prayer exists for repose.
If a loved one falls ill
He alth for many of us is associated with he alth. In the literal sense of the word. That is, we are talking about physical he alth.
Is there a prayer for the he alth of a loved one? Anytime, for all occasions. This is not irony, but a statement of fact. In diseases of any, they pray to one or another saint. We will give the most common prayers that are resorted to during illness.
This prayer is read by the sick person himself:
Lord God, Lord of my life, You, according to Your goodness, said: I do not want the death of a sinner, but that he turn and live. I know that this sickness with which I suffer is Your punishment for my sins and iniquities; I know that for my deeds I deserved the gravest punishment, but, Lover of mankind, deal with me not according to my malice, but according to Your boundless mercy. Do not wish for my death, but give me strength so that I can patiently endure the disease, asthe test I deserved, and after healing from it, I turned with all my heart, with all my soul and with all my feelings to You, the Lord God, my Creator, and was alive for the fulfillment of Your holy commandments, for the peace of my family and for my well-being. Amen.
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary
A short prayer for the he alth of loved ones and relatives is read, referring to the Mother of God. What does she represent? Here is the text, rewrite or memorize:
Most Holy Theotokos, by Your all-powerful intercession, help me to beg Your Son, my God, for the healing of God's servant (name).
Just a few words, but the spiritual help for those who are sick is huge. In the event that they pray for him not just with words, but with all their hearts.
Prayer to all saints
Another prayer for the he alth of loved ones and relatives, very short, is read when a person is sick and needs help. Both medical and spiritual.
This is a prayer to the angels and all the saints:
All saints and angels of the Lord, pray to God for His sick servant (name). Amen.
Prayer in weakness
There is a prayer for every weakness of the neighbor. It is read for the sick, relaxed, suffering. Text reads:
rebuke the spirit of infirmity, leave from him every ulcer, every disease,every wound, every fire and shaking. And if there is sin or lawlessness in him, weaken, leave, forgive, Yours for the sake of humanity.
Prayer for various ailments and illnesses
Catch a prayer for the he alth of loved ones and relatives, read in case of any illness. Seek help from St. Spyridon of Trimifuntsky. He is a famous miracle worker and helps those who come to him with faith:
Oh, the great and wonderful Saint of Christ and the wonderworker Spiridon, Praise of Corfu, the whole universe is a most bright lamp, warm to God in prayer and to all who come running to you and pray with faith, intercessor soon! You gloriously explained the Orthodox faith at the Nicestem Council among the fathers, you showed the unity of the Holy Trinity with miraculous power and shamed the heretics to the end. Hear, Saint of Christ, us sinners praying to you, and by your strong intercession with the Lord, deliver us from every evil situation: from famine, flood, fire and deadly ulcers. For in your temporary life, you saved your people from all these disasters: you saved your country from the invasion of Agaryan and from gladness your country, saved the king from an incurable illness, and brought many sinners to repentance, for the holiness of your life, the angels are invisibly singing in the church and Thou hast had co-servants with thee. Therefore glorify you, your faithful servant, Lord Christ, as if all the secret human deeds were given to you to understand and unrighteously expose those who live. You zealously helped many, living in poverty and insufficiency, you nourished the wretched people abundantly during the famine, and many other signs with power inYou created the living Spirit of God for you. Do not leave us, Saint Hierarch of Christ, remember us, your children, at the Throne of the Almighty, and pray to the Lord, may He grant forgiveness for many of our sins, give us a comfortable and peaceful life, but the death of the belly is shameless and peaceful and eternal bliss in the future vouchsafe us, let us unceasingly send up glory and thanksgiving to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Prayers for the healing of mental illnesses
If we figured out the prayer for the he alth of loved ones and relatives, now let's talk about prayers for spiritual he alth.
We and our loved ones need them no less than those read for bodily he alth. Now there are no mentally he althy people, we are all affected by certain ailments. Everyone has their own.
Did you notice that a loved one falls into despair? Pray for him to St. John Chrysostom:
Oh, great Saint John Chrysostom! You received many and various gifts from the Lord and, like a good and faithful servant, you multiplied all the talents given to you for good: for this reason, you were truly a universal teacher, as every age and every rank is learned from you. Behold, the image appeared to you as a youth of obedience, to the young - chastity shone, the husband - diligence mentor, the old - teacher of malice, the monk - abstinence rule, those who pray - the leader from God, inspired, seeking wisdom - the enlightener of the mind, the well-spoken ornate - the words of the living source are inexhaustible, beneficent - a star of mercy, to those in charge - the rule of a wise image, a zealot of truth - an inspirer of boldness, for the sake of truthpersecuted - a mentor of patience: all were thou, but save every one. Over all these, acquiring love, even if there is a cous of perfection, and by that, as if by the power of God, all the talents in your single face were united into one, and there love, divided reconciling, in the interpretation of the words of the apostles, preached to all the faithful. But we are sinners, according to one each our gift of property, unity of the spirit in the union of the world are not imams, we are conceited, irritating each other, envious of each other; for the sake of this gift, our divided one is not added to peace and salvation, but to enmity and condemnation to us. The same to you, the saint of God, we fall down, we are overwhelmed with contention, and in contrition of heart we ask: with your prayers, take away from our hearts all pride and envy that divides us, so that in many lives we will abide one church body unhindered, but according to your prayerful word we will love each other and with one mind we confess the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity of Consubstantial and Indivisible, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
In our crazy world it is very hard not to fall into despair and despondency. It is enough to look at what is happening in the world, read the news or face constant aggression from acquaintances. But with the help of prayer, you can fight all the hardships of life.
The most common ailment
This is drunkenness, which suffers from the nth part of our men. And women who like to drink are not such a rare occurrence these days.
How to pray for them? Who to ask for help? Address the martyr Boniface:
Oh, long-suffering and all-praisedMartyr Boniface! We are now resorting to your intercession, do not reject the prayers of us who sing to you, but graciously hear us. See our brothers and sisters, obsessed with a serious illness of drunkenness, see that for the sake of your mother, the Church of Christ, and eternal salvation falling away. Oh, holy martyr Boniface, touching their hearts with the grace given to you by God, soon restore them from sinful falls and bring them to saving abstinence. Pray to the Lord God, for His sake you suffered, but having forgiven us our sins, do not turn away His mercy from His sons, but strengthen sobriety and chastity in us, and help His right hand to those who are sober to keep their saving vow to the end in days and nights, in Him awake and about Him give a good answer to the terrible judgment seat. Accept, saint of God, the prayers of mothers who shed tears for their children; honest wives, about their husbands weeping, children of orphans and the poor, left from the pianos, all of us, falling to your icon, and may this cry come with our prayers to the Throne of the Most High to grant everyone, through prayers, their he alth and the salvation of souls and bodies, and most of all the Kingdom Heavenly. Cover and keep us from crafty trapping and all the machinations of the enemy, in the terrible hour of our exodus, help us to pass unswervingly aerial ordeals and deliver eternal condemnation with your prayers. Beg the Lord to grant us to our fatherland an unhypocritical and unshakable love, before the enemies of the Holy Church, visible and invisible, may the mercy of God cover us forever and ever. Amen.
And also - the akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos in front of the icon of Her "Inexhaustible Chalice" has not been canceled.
Here we give a prayer before this image:
Oh, Most Merciful Lady! Now we resort to Your intercession, do not despise our prayers, but graciously hear us: wives, children, mothers and a serious illness of drunkenness obsessed, and for this sake from your mother - the Church of Christ and the salvation of those who fall away, brothers and sisters, and heal our relatives. Oh, Merciful Mother of God, touch their hearts and soon restore them from sinful falls, bring them to saving abstinence. Beg your Son, Christ our God, to forgive us our sins and not turn away His mercy from His people, but strengthen us in sobriety and chastity. Accept, Most Holy Theotokos, the prayers of mothers, shedding tears for their children, wives, weeping for their husbands, children, orphans and the poor, left astray, and all of us, falling to Your icon. And may this cry of ours come, by Thy prayers, to the Throne of the Most High. Cover and keep us from crafty trapping and all the machinations of the enemy, in the terrible hour of our exodus, help us to go through unswervingly air ordeals, with Your prayers deliver us eternal condemnation, may God's mercy cover us in endless ages of ages. Amen.
Love of money
There is such a passion as the love of money. This is when a person is not interested in anything but money. All his thoughts and desires are connected with making a profit. Moreover, overwhelmed by this passion can be poor, no matter how strange it may sound. The poor love money as much as the rich. But for them, nice crispy pieces of paper are something far and unattainable. Howa beautiful woman for whom men sigh, realizing that she will never belong to them.
How to save a relative obsessed with the passion of avarice? Pray for him to the Martyrs Fedor and Vasily of the Caves:
Reverend Fathers Theodore and Basil! Look at us graciously and raise those who are committed to the earth to the heights of heaven. You are grief in heaven, we are on earth below, removed from you, not only by a place, but by our sins and iniquities, but we resort to you and cry out: instruct us to walk in your way, enlighten and guide. Your whole holy life has been a mirror of every virtue. Do not stop, servants of God, crying out to the Lord for us. Ask for your intercession from the All-Merciful God of our peace to His Church, under the sign of the militant cross, consent in faith and single wisdom, superstition and splits, extermination, affirmation in good deeds, healing to the sick, sad consolation, offended intercession, distressed help. Do not shame us, who come to you with faith. All Orthodox Christians, by your miracles performed and graces of beneficence, confess you to be their patrons and intercessors. Reveal your ancient mercies, and even their father helped you naturally, do not reject us, their children, marching in their steps towards you. Your most honorable icon is coming, as if you are living beings, we fall down and pray: accept our prayers and offer them on the altar of the goodness of God, may we receive grace and timely help in our needs. Strengthen our faint-heartedness and confirm us in the faith, but we certainly hope to receive all that is good from the benevolence of the Lordby your prayers. Oh, great saints of God! To all of us, with faith flowing to you, help us with your intercession to the Lord, and rule us all in peace and repentance, end our lives and settle with hope in the blessed bosom of Abraham, where you now joyfully rest in labors and labors, glorifying God with all the saints, in the Trinity of glory, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and forever and ever. Amen.
Despondency
Another sin that is mortal. Its meaning is close to despair.
Despondency pushes people to various terrible deeds. Including suicide, harming others. What to do if you see that a loved one is discouraged and does not want or cannot get out of this state for some reason?
Ask for help from St. Ephraim the Syrian. Contact Tikhon of Zadonsk and King David.
Prayer to Ephraim the Syrian:
O servant of Christ, our Father Ephraim! Bring our prayer to the merciful and all-powerful God and ask us, the servants of God (names), from His goodness everything is even for the benefit of souls and our bodies: faith is right, hope is unquestionable, love is not hypocritical, meekness and gentleness, courage in temptations, patience in suffering, in piety progress. Let us not turn the gifts of the All-good God into evil. Do not forget, holy miracle worker, this holy temple (house) and our parish: save and keep them with your prayers from all evil. To her, holy of God, grant us the good end to improve and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven, let us glorify the wondrous in His saintsGod, to Him is due all glory, honor and power, forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer to Tikhon of Zadonsk:
Oh, all-praise saint and saint of Christ, our father Tikhon! Having lived like an angel on earth, you appeared like a good angel and in your wondrous glorification. We believe with all our heart and thought, as if you, our merciful helper and prayer book, with your unfalse intercession and grace, richly granted to you from the Lord, constantly contribute to our salvation. Accept ubo, blessed servant of Christ, and at this hour our unworthy of prayer: free us with your intercession from the vanity and superstition that surrounds us, unbelief and malevolence of man. Care, quick intercessor for us, implore the Lord with your favorable intercession, may His great and rich mercy be granted to us, His sinful and unworthy servants, may He heal with His grace the incurable ulcers and scabs of our corrupted souls and bodies, may our petrified hearts be dissolved with tears of tenderness and contrition for our many sins, and may he deliver us from eternal torment and the fire of Gehenna: may all His faithful people grant peace and quiet, he alth and salvation in the present age, good haste in everything, yes, a quiet and silent life lived in with all piety and purity, let us be honored with the angels and with all the saints to glorify and sing the All-Holy Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer to King David:
Oh, praiseworthy and wonderful prophet of God David! Hear us, sinners and indecent ones, at this hour standing before your holy icon and diligently resorting toyour petition. Pray for us the Lover of God, may he give us the spirit of repentance and contrition for our sins, and with His all-powerful grace, may he help us to leave the path of wickedness, be in time in every good deed, and strengthen us in the struggle with our passions and lusts; may it plant in our hearts the spirit of humility and meekness, the spirit of brotherly love and gentleness, the spirit of patience and chastity, the spirit of zeal for the glory of God and the salvation of others. Abolish with your prayers, prophet, the evil customs of the world, moreover, the pernicious and corrupting spirit of this age, infecting the Christian race with disrespect for the Divine Orthodox faith, for the statutes of the holy Church and for the commandments of the Lord, disrespect for parents and those in power, and overthrowing people into the abyss of wickedness, corruption and destruction. Turn away from us, wonderful prophet, by your intercession the righteous wrath of God, and deliver all the cities and towns of our kingdom from lack of rain and famine, from terrible storms and earthquakes, from deadly ulcers and diseases, from the invasion of enemies and internecine strife. Strengthen Orthodox people with your prayers, help them in all good deeds and undertakings to establish peace and truth in their state. Help the All-Russian Christ-loving army in the battle with our enemies. Ask, prophet of God, from the Lord our shepherd, holy zeal for God, heartfelt care for the salvation of the flock, wisdom in teaching and management, piety and strength in temptations, ask judges for impartiality and selflessness, righteousness and compassion for the offended, for all those in charge, care for subordinates, mercy and justice, but humility and obedience to subordinatespower and diligent performance of their duties; yes, having lived in peace and piety in this world, let us be vouchsafed to partake of eternal blessings in the Kingdom of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, He is worthy of honor and worship, with His Beginningless Father and the Most Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Fight for your relative or friend who has undergone a state of discouragement. This fight can be quite difficult for both of you. But you can't give up. If you give up, then your loved one will be even worse than at the moment.
Conclusion
Prayer for the he alth of loved ones and relatives is a huge support for them. When we pray for someone with all our heart, we help that person a lot. Let us think that there is no help. She's just invisible. But it is felt by the one you pray for.
At first, it will be difficult for a person who is physically or spiritually ill. This is especially true for spiritually ill people. They are very "stormy", they can get angry, behave strangely. This is a spiritual struggle. In time, if you continue to pray for them, everything will even out.
