Prayer For The Terminally Ill

A Prayer for a sick person, when there appears to have small hope of recovery

O Father of mercies, and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need; We fly unto thee for succor in behalf of this thy servant, here lying under thy hand in great weakness of body. Look graciously upon him/her, O Lord; and the more the outward person decayeth, strengthen him/her, we beseech thee, so much the more continually with thy grace and holy Spirit in the inner person.

Give him/her unfeigned repentance for all the errors of his/her life past, and steadfast faith in thy Son Jesus; that his/her sins may be done away by thy mercy, and his/her pardon sealed in heaven, before he/she go hence, and be no more seen. 

We know, O Lord, that there is no word impossible with thee; and that, if thou wilt, thou canst even yet raise him/her up, and grant him/her a longer continuance amongst us: Yet, forasmuch as in all appearance the time of his/her dissolution draweth near, so fit and prepare him/her, we beseech thee, against the hour of death, that after his/her departure hence in peace, and in thy favor, his/her soul may be received into thine everlasting kingdom, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thine only Son, our Lord and Savior.

Amen

From The Visitation of the Sick, Book of Common Prayers

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