The believer is not surprised when someone close asks to pray for him. But what about those who believe in the soul? A friend or relative approaches this and asks to pray for himself. The man is lost, nods his head. But he himself thinks: how should one pray?
For the simplest prayer for the health of loved ones and relatives, read this article. And not only about the simplest. Here are the answers to many questions.
Who are the neighbors?
Let's get very brief about this. Nearest ones are not only blood relatives. These are friends, acquaintances, work colleagues, neighbors and all the people who surround us. You need to pray for them both in the church and at home. But if a hitch can occur with the first option, then with the second one everything is much simpler.
Why are there problems with prayer in the temple? Actually this is not true. We can file notes on the health of our baptized neighbors. But unbaptized people cannot be remembered in the temple. But at home, in private prayer, you can. That’s the whole difference.
What prayer for the health of loved ones exists? We will talk about this below.
The shortest prayer
Reading the morning rule, a Christian is faced with this prayer. Those who go to the temple and regularly read the rule have guessed what it was about. For the rest we give the text of this prayer:
Lord save and have mercy on my spiritual father (name), my parents (names), relatives, superiors, benefactors (names) and all Orthodox Christians.
This prayer for the health of family and friends (living) is read with a listing of their names, as we can see. A similar prayer exists for repose.
If a loved one falls ill
The health of many of us is associated with health. In the literal sense of the word. That is, we are talking about physical health.
Is there a prayer for the health of a loved one? As much as you like, for all occasions. This is not irony, but a statement of fact. In any disease, they pray to one or another saint. We will give the most common prayers that are used during illness.
This sick man reads this prayer:
Lord God, Lord of my life, You, by Your goodness, said: I do not want the sinner's death, but that he would be converted and be alive. I know that this illness that I suffer is Your punishment for my sins and iniquities; I know that in my affairs I have earned the most severe punishment, but, Humane, do not act with me out of my wickedness, but in your infinite mercy. Do not wish my death, but give me strength so that I patiently endure the disease, as a test I deserve, and after healing from it I turn with all my heart, all my soul and all my feelings to You, the Lord God, my Creator, and I am alive for fulfillment Your holy commandments, for the peace of my family and for my well-being. Amen.
Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary
A short prayer for the health of loved ones and relatives is read, turning to the Mother of God. What is she like? Here is the text, rewrite or remember:
Blessed Virgin Mary, by Your omnipotent intercession, help me implore Your Son, my God, for the healing of the servant of God (name).
Just a few words, and spiritual help to someone who is ill is enormous. In the event that they pray for him not just with words, but with all my heart.
Prayer to All Saints
Another prayer for the health of loved ones and relatives, very short, is read when a person is sick and needs help. Both medical and spiritual.
This is a prayer to the angels and all saints:
All saints and angels of the Lord, pray to God for His sick servant (name). Amen.
Prayer for weakness
There is a prayer for all the weakness of one's neighbor. She is read for the sick, relaxed, suffering. The text is as follows:
Lord of the Almighty, Doctor of souls and bodies, humble and offer, punish and heal your packs; visit our brother (name) weakly, see Your mercy, stretch out your muscle, be filled with healing and doctors, and heal him, restore from the bed and weakness, forbid the spirit leave from him every ulcer, every disease, every wound, every ognevitsa and a shaking woman. And if there is sin or lawlessness in him, weaken, leave, forgive, Thy for the sake of humanity.
Prayer for various ailments and diseases
Catch a prayer for the health of loved ones and relatives, read in every disease. Ask for help from St. Spyridon of Trimyphus. He is a famous miracle worker, and helps those who flow with faith to him:
Oh, the great and wonderful Saint Hierarch of Christ and the miracle worker Spiridon, the Kerkir praise, the whole universe of the lamp is bright, warm prayer to God and all who resort to you and pray in faith, an early intercessor! You gloriously explained the Orthodox faith in the Nicestem Council among the fathers, you showed the unity of the Holy Trinity with miraculous power, you and heretics completely shamed them. Hear the saint of Christ, us sinners, praying to you, and by your strong intercession with the Lord, deliver us from every evil evil: from gladness, flood, fire and deadly sores. In your temporary life, if your people saved you from all these calamities: you saved the country from the invasion of Hagaryan and from gladness, you saved the king from an unfortunate disease and brought many sinners to repentance, for the sanctity of your life, the angels are invisible in the church singing and You have had your co-service. Glory to you, O lord of your servant, O Lord Christ, as if all the secret human deeds of the gift you have to understand and live unjust to denounce. For many people who lived in poverty and inadequacy, you assiduously helped you, people wretchedly fed you wretchedly during the gladness, and many other signs by the power of the living Spirit of God you created. Do not leave us and the saints of Christ, commemorate us, your children, at the Throne of the Almighty, and implore the Lord, may He grant many of our sins forgiveness, a comfortable and peaceful life, grant us, but the demise of our belly will be shameless and peaceful and bliss forever in the future will give us mercy, and continually send glory and thanksgiving to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever. Amen.
Prayers for the healing of mental illness
If we figured out a prayer for the health of loved ones and relatives, now we will talk about prayers for spiritual health.
We and our loved ones need them no less than those read for bodily health. Now there are no mentally healthy people, we are all struck by certain ailments. Each one has his own.
Noticed that a loved one falls into despair? Pray for him to St. John Chrysostom:
Oh, Saint John the Great Chrysostom! Yes, you have received many and various gifts from the Lord, and, like a good and faithful slave, you have increased all good talent given to you: for this sake, for the sake of the truth, the universal teacher was thou, as every age and every rank is taught from you. As the young man of obedience, the image was thou, the young - chastity shone, the husband - the industrious mentor, the old - the teacher's kindness, the monk - abstinence, the prayer - the leader from God inspired, the seekers of wisdom - the mind enlightener, the gracious ones - the words living source inexhaustible, beneficial, - a star of mercy, the rulers - the reign of the wise image, the truth zealot - the daring mastermind, the truth for the sake of the persecuted - the patience mentor: all were thou, but all kind of save. Over all these, gaining love, even there is a union of perfection, and by that, as by the power of the Divine, all your talents in one person united together, and now love, divided by reconciling, in the interpretation of the words of the apostles to all the faithful preached. We are sinners, one by one our talents for property, unity of spirit in the union of the world are not imams, we are conceited, annoying each other, envious of each other; for this reason, our divided not in peace and salvation, but in enmity and condemnation is added to us. The same to you, the saint of God, we fall, we conquer with contention, and ask in heartbreak: with your prayers, marry all our pride and envy separating us, and for the mercantile one we will unite the body of the church unselectably, but according to your prayer we will love each other and with one mind we confess the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, the One-Essential and the Undivided, now and evermore and forevermore. Amen.
In our crazy world, it is very difficult not to fall into despair and despondency. It is enough to look at what is happening in the world, read the news or face constant aggression from friends. But with the help of prayer you can fight with all the hardships of life.
The most common ailment
This is the drunkenness that affects the nth part of our men. And women who like to drink are not so rare today.
How to pray for them? Who to ask for help from? Address the Martyr Boniface:
Oh, the long-suffering and all-martyred martyr, Bonathatius! We are now resorting to your intercession; do not reject the prayers of us singing to you, but graciously hear us. See our brethren and sisters, we are obsessed with the grave malady of drunkenness, see that for the sake of our mother, the Church of Christ, and the eternal salvation that falls away. Oh, holy martyr Bonypathy, touching the heart of their given grace from God, soon rebuild from the fall of sin and bring them to a saving abstinence. Pray for the Lord God, if He suffered for his sake, forgiving us our sins, He will not turn away His mercy from His sons, but may he strengthen sobriety and chastity in us, and help His righteousness sober up sober his vow to the end to the days and nights, in Him awake and about him a kind answer to the terrible judgment of the date. Accept, servant of God, the prayers of mothers for shedding tears of their children; honest wives, about their husbands sobbing, children of orphans and wretched, from the pianos left, all of us, who fall into your icon, and may our cry come with prayers to the See of the Almighty grant to all through prayers their health and salvation of souls and bodies, most importantly the Kingdom Heavenly. Cover and observe us from crafty trapping and all the machinations of the enemy, in the terrible hour of the outcome of our help, pass unhappily airy trials and save your eternal condemnation with your prayers. But beg the Lord to grant us love for our fatherland, unshakable and unshakable, before the enemies of the Holy Church visible and invisible, may the mercy of God cover us for endless ages. Amen.
And also - an akathist to the Most Holy Theotokos in front of Her icon, the “Inexpressible Chalice" has not been canceled.
Here we give a prayer before this image:
Oh, Mercy Mistress! Now we are resorting to your intercession, do not despise our prayers, but graciously hear us: wives, children, mothers and the grave affliction of drunkenness of the possessed, and for the sake of your mother, the Church of Christ and the salvation of those falling away, brothers and sisters, and our relative will be healed. O Gracious Mother of God, touch their hearts and soon rebuild them from the fall of sinfulness, bring them to saving abstinence. Pray for His Son, Christ our God, forgive us our sins and not turn His mercy away from His people, but may He strengthen us in sobriety and chastity. Accept, Blessed Virgin Mary, the prayers of mothers, for shedding tears of their children, wives, of their weeping husbands, children, orphans and wretched, those who have strayed abandoned, and all of us, falling to Your icon. And may our cry come, by Your prayers, to the Throne of the Most High. Covered and keep us from crafty trapping and all the machinations of enemies, in the terrible hour of our exodus help us to go through unhappily air ordeals, with Thy prayers deliver us eternal condemnation, may God's grace cover us forever and ever. Amen.
Love of money
There is such a passion as love of money. This is when a person is not interested in anything but money. All his thoughts and desires are associated with profit. Moreover, overwhelmed by this passion can be poor, no matter how strange it may sound. The poor love money no less than the rich. But for them, crunchy pieces of paper are pleasant - something far and inaccessible. Like a beautiful woman by whom men sigh, realizing that she will never belong to them.
How to save a relative obsessed with lust for love? Pray for him to the Martyrs Fyodor and Vasily Pechersky:
Rev. Fathers Theodore and Basil! Look upon us graciously, and bring us to the land of the devoted to the heights of heaven. You are sorrow in heaven, we are on the earth below, removed from you, not only a place, except for our sins and iniquities, but we have come to you and cry out: instruct us to walk in your own way, enlighten and guide. All your holy life be the mirror of all virtue. Do not stop, sons of God, a cry to the Lord about us. Ask by your intercession from the All-Merciful God of God the world of His Church, under the sign of the militant cross, consent in faith and uniqueness, same-mindedness and schism, extermination, affirmation for good, sick healing, sad consolation, offended intercession, distressed help. Do not shame us, those who flow to you with faith. All Orthodox Christians, your miracles of fulfillment and graces of beneficence, confess you to be their patrons and intercessors. Reveal your ancient mercy, and their father has allotted themselves naturally, do not reject us, their children, as they walk towards you with their feet. The impending icon of yourselves, as you living beings, we fall and pray: receive our prayers and offer them to the altar of the goodness of God, may we receive grace and help that is timely in our needs. Strengthen our cowardice and establish us in the faith, but undoubtedly hope to receive all the good from the mercy of the Lord by your prayers. Oh, great servants of God! All of us, flowing to you in faith, be helped by your intercession to the Lord, and you will be ruled by all in peace and repentance to finish our stomach and rejoice with hope in the blessed bosom of Abraham, even though you rejoice joyfully in labor and in the midst of it, glorifying God with all the saints , in the Trinity of Slavimago, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.
Gloom
Another sin that is mortal. In its meaning, it is close to despair.
Despondency pushes people to various terrible deeds. Including suicide, harming one's neighbors. What to do if you see that a loved one is discouraged and does not want or cannot leave this state for some reason?
Ask for help from Rev. Ephraim the Syrian. Address to Tikhon Zadonsky and to king David.
Prayer to Ephraim the Syrian:
O servant of Christ, our Father Ephraim! Bring our prayer to the gracious and omnipotent God and ask us, servants of God (names), from His goodness all to the benefit of our souls and bodies: faith is right, hope is undoubted, love is not hypocritical, meekness and weakness, temptation is courage, evil is patience , in piety, revelation. Let not the gifts of the all-good God turn. Do not forget, miraculous holy and holy temple (house) this and our parish: save and keep them with your prayers from all evil. To her, holier of God, grant us a good end to usher in and inherit the kingdom of heaven, let us glorify the wondrous One in His saints, God, all glory, honor and power, forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer to Tikhon Zadonsky:
Oh, general to the saint and servitor of Christ, our Father Tikhon! Having lived angelically on earth, you, like a good angel, appeared even in your wondrous glorification. We believe with all our hearts and thoughts, as you, our compassionate helper and prayer, with your uncomplicated intercessions and grace, from the Lord abundantly granted to you, help your salvation in every way. Accept ubo, dear saint of Christ, and at this hour our unworthy prayer: you are free by your intercession from the overwhelming wisdom and superstition, the unbelief and evil of mankind. Flailing, quick about us to the representative, by your favorable intercession, pray to the Lord, may He grant His great and rich mercy to us, His sinful and unworthy servants, may heal His grace with heals and corpses of corrupted souls and our bodies, and dissolve our petrified hearts with tears. and sorrows for our great sins, and may he deliver us from the eternal torment and fire of Genskago: with all his faithful people, may he grant peace and silence, health and salvation and good blessing in all things, and such a quiet and silent life pozhivshe in all godliness and honesty, we are worthy of the angels and all the saints glorify and sing to the Most Holy Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer to King David:
Oh, the most glorious and wonderful prophet David of God! Hear us, sinful and indecent, coming up before your holy icon at this hour and zealously resorting to your intercession. Pray for us the Human Lover of God, may He give us the spirit of repentance and contrition for our sins and His omnipotent grace may He help us to abandon the path of ungodliness, to hasten in every work, to strengthen us in the struggle against our passions and lusts; may our spirit of humility and meekness, the spirit of brotherhood and kindness, the spirit of patience and chastity, the spirit of jealousy for the glory of God and the salvation of our neighbors, plant in our hearts. Abolish your prayers, prophetically, the evil customs of the world, and moreover, the destructive and corrupt spirit of this world, infecting the Christian race with disrespect for the Divine Orthodox faith, the charters of the holy Church and the commandments of the Lord, disrespect for the parent and those in power, and casting people into the abyss of ungodliness corruption and perdition. Turn away from us, most prophetically, by your intercession the righteous wrath of God, and deliver all the hail and weight of our kingdom from hopelessness and gladness, from terrible storms and earthquakes, from deadly ulcers and illnesses, from the invasion of enemies and internecine warfare. Strengthen Orthodox prayers with your prayers, bless them in all good deeds and endeavors to establish peace and truth in their power. Contribute to the All-Russian Christ-loving army in braneh with our enemies. Ask God’s prophet, from the Lord our pastor for God's holy jealousy according to Bose, heartfelt care for the salvation of flocks, wisdom in teaching and management, piety and strength in temptations, for judges, ask for impartiality and disinterestedness, righteousness and compassion for the offended, all commanding custody of subordinates, mercy and justice, submission to the same submission and obedience to power and diligent performance of their duties; yes, tacos living in peace and piety in this week, let us comprehend the communion of eternal blessings in the Kingdom of the Lord and Savior of Jesus Christ, Him and befitting honor and worship, with His First Father and the Most Holy Spirit, forever and ever. Amen.
Fight for your relative or friend who is undergoing a state of gloom. This fight can be very difficult for both of you. But you can’t give up. If you give up, then the loved one will be even worse than at the moment.
Conclusion
Prayer for the health of loved ones and relatives is a huge support for them. When we pray for someone with all our hearts, we help this person very much. Let us think that there is no help. She is simply invisible. But the one for whom you pray feels it.
At first it will be difficult for a sick person physically or spiritually. This is especially true for spiritually sick people. They are very "stormy", they can get angry, behave strangely. This is a spiritual struggle. Over time, if you continue to pray for them, everything will equalize.