Prayer for Healing written by Fr. Fernando Suarez CC, who is Canada-based but who has been going around the country recently (http://www.fatherfernando.com), is a very consoling and powerful prayer. It's a prayer most apt when sitting in His loving presence. The photo here was taken at the Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters Chapel in Tagaytay, a must-visit place for someone longing to sit quietly in His presence amidst cool and peaceful surroundings...
PRAYER FOR HEALING
by Fr. Fernando Suarez CC
Lord, look upon me with eyes of mercy.
May your healing Spirit rest upon me.
It is through your power that I was created.
Since you created me from nothing, you can certainly recreate me.
Fill me with the healing power of your spirit.
May your life-giving powers flow into every cell of my body and into the depths of my soul.
Mend what is broken.
Cast out anything that should not be within me.
Rebuild my brokenness.
Restore my strength for service in your Kingdom.
Touch my soul with Your compassion for others.
Touch my heart with Your courage and infinite love for all.
Touch my mind with your wisdom, that my mouth may always proclaim Your praise.
Teach me to reach out to You in my need, and help me to lead others to You by my example.
Most loving Heart of Jesus, bring me health in body and spirit that I may serve You with all my strength.
This image was used more than once in the support sessions for unwed mothers in a shelter home, where together with the song written by Rolando Tinio, "Buksan ang Aming Puso", the girls one by one shared with each other their story of their painful past and current difficult situation.
A genuine Sacred Presence was often felt during the sessions. The image of their heart being opened, the rawness of the wounds being laid bare and touched, healing coming in the form of glimpses into their inner goodness, in skills for self-care, in sparks of acceptance and forgiveness of self, in stirrings of desire and resolve to make positive changes in their life... a prayer comes to mind:
"Lord, lead us to see through the many layers within our heart
That we may discover Your Sacred Presence at its very core;
Your heart in ours, filling up the hole once occupied by raw and painful wounds
Our heart in Yours, resting securely on reassurances of Your steadfast love;
Your heart bleeding from its own raw and painful wounds, which You entrust to us
To give us the courage to face our own shame, anger, hurt, helplessness, confusion
And finally to hold us and keep us together in the palm of Your hand forever."
Last Wednesday we closed the series of sessions, and by Christmas, most of the girls in this group would already have had to move on and out of the home.
Please pray for them - that they will continue to hold the image and the song below within their heart and continue to know how intertwined His heart is with their own. May that give them strength as they face the outside world again and carve out a new beginning for themselves.
BUKSAN ANG AMING PUSO
Buksan ang aming puso
Turuan Mong mag-alab
Sa bawat pagkukuro
Lahat ay makayakap
Buksan ang aming isip
Sikatan ng liwanag
Nang kusang matangkilik
Tungkuling mabanaag
Buksan ang aming palad
Sarili'y maialay
Tulungan Mong ihanap
Kami ng bagong malay.
