Special Needs
Prayer During a State Review
God of Wisdom and Compassion,
You have been faithful through all the ages.
Bless (name of the CEO) and staff
with good judgment and extra patience today.
Let us invoke special saints in your behalf:
Saint Benedict, pray for us.
Saint Scholastica, pray for us.
(Patron Saint of the facility) pray for us.
Send your special Angel to guide and guard
(Name of facility) in all Your ways.
Grant this through Jesus the Christ, our Lord.
AMEN.
Prayer During Union Negotiations
God, our Creator,
You give us life and support us with love.
Send your Spirit of Compassion
to dwell in our midst
as we deliberate our labor relations.
Help us to be respectful and just
in our discernment of the issues.
May we be mindful of the needs of all concerned
and honor one another’s opinions
in a courteous manner.
Keep the needs of the vulnerable residents
in (the name of the community)
upper most before us.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
AMEN.
Prayer in Time of Disaster
Almighty God,
our world is in trouble.
Help us to deal with this disaster
that has happened in our country.
Be merciful to the people who have lost their lives.
For those who caused this calamity,
help us to say with Your Son, Jesus:
“Father, forgive them;
they do not know what they are doing.”
Give strength and courage to our President,
our legislators and military personnel.
Bless them with insight to direct
all that needs to be handled
with swiftness and discretion.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Be compassionate with all of the people
involved with rescue efforts,
with families dealing with loss.
Help us to trust in your goodness and kindness,
to believe that human nature
is created good and beautiful.
Give us faith to carry on in spite
of the chaos of this disaster.
We ask all through Christ our Lord.
Amen.