Remembering Health Care and Emergency Services

Prayer for Healthcare Workers & Emergency Services

Loving God, we place into your care
all our doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, and all we call upon in emergencies.
Give them courage of heart and strength of mind and body.
Keep them safe from harm.
May they know our deep gratitude
for all they are doing to heal and help those affected by Coronavirus.
God of all consolation may they know your protection and peace.
Bless them in these challenging days and bless their families. Amen.

Reflection

Samuel stands for all the little, forgotten people. Just a boy, with no high illusions about himself, a servant and apprentice to the old man Eli; he slept at night in a little room like an altar-boys’ sacristy, at the religious shrine of Israel. Suddenly, in the middle of the night, he heard God calling him by name; eventually Samuel recognises that the call is from God, and not just from the priest, so he submits himself heart and soul to listen to God’s word. Only then did Samuel discover his own potential, his new identity, the role he was to fulfil in life.