A prayer for the healing of someone close

Master of the World, someone I love is ill, and I am praying for him. I see him growing weaker, I hear the doctors speaking in terms I do not fully understand, and I feel how little I can do.

Send him a complete healing, of body and of soul. Give strength to his body, let the treatments help, and give him nights of rest without pain.

Give wisdom to the doctors, the nurses and everyone who cares for him. Let them see what needs to be seen in time, let them choose the right treatment, and let them treat him as a person and not only as a case.

Strengthen his spirit. Amid the tests, the waiting and the fear, let him not lose himself. Let him know that he is loved and that he is not alone.

And if there are hard decisions to make, about a treatment, an operation, the way forward, give him and the family clarity and peace among themselves, and let them not quarrel precisely at the hour they need one another.

And let me know how to truly help him: when to speak and when to be silent, when to visit and when to let him rest. And watch over me and the family as well, that we not collapse under the load, and that we hold on to one another.

And I ask also for all the sick who have no one to pray for them, who lie alone in rooms no one visits. Send them too healing and comfort.

And let us rely on the doctors and professionals, ask them, listen to them and act on their advice, and not try to replace them with other people's advice. And give us a hope that does not depend on every test, and faith that You are with him at every stage.