Creative, Holy God,
in whom we live and move and have our being,
we ask for healing for those who are ill.
Bless the professionals who
participate with you in healing.
Particularly we pray for nurses.
We rejoice in the gifts the Holy Spirit
bestows upon those who engage in nursing work.
We give thanks for the care they provide.
We are grateful for their professionalism.
compassion and commitment.
For their willingness to work
long hours in strenuous conditions,
we stand in awe.
For the ways in which nurses
enter into the lives of your children
at difficult, painful moments,
we give you praise.
Bless nurses who have touched our lives
and nurses we have never met.
Grant wisdom, grant courage, grant strength,
grant all that is needed for the living of their days
and the fulfillment of their calling.
We pray in the name of Jesus,
who healed people of sickness of body and spirit.
Amen.
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