Healing Words for Healing People : Prayers and Meditations for Parish Nurses and Other Health Professionals

by Patterson, Deborah L.

• ISBN13: 9780829816730
• ISBN10: 0829816739
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: PILGRIM PRESS

Summary

"The book is divided into original meditations and prayers, each designed to give strength and inspiration to busy health professionals in the various situations they encounter in their daily routines. Additionally, the resource includes a list of suggested hymns on the theme of healing and a list of other liturgical resources."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Deborah L. Patterson is executive director of the International Parish Nurse Resource Center and Deaconess Parish Nurse Ministries in St. Louis, Missouri.

Table of Contents

preface	9	(15)
meditations
Placing Your Prayer Order	15	(4)
The Kindness of Strangers	19	(2)
All Good Things	21	(3)
The Healing Power of Doing Good	24	(4)
When Did We Welcome You?	28	(2)
All Will Be Well	30	(3)
When to Go Home	33	(2)
Enough Trouble for Today	35	(2)
Did You Hear the One About...?	37	(3)
Showing Hospitality	40	(3)
The Woman with the CVA	43	(2)
For Everything There is a Season?	45	(3)
Stewards of God's Mysteries	48	(4)
Life is What Happens	52	(2)
The Healing Power of the Ordinary	54	(2)
Time and Chance Happen to Us All	56	(3)
Jesus, the Great Healer	59	(2)
The Empire of Healing	61	(2)
The Church's Call to Health Ministry	63	(3)
Gender as a Health Issue	66	(5)
Seeking the Sabbath	71	(2)
I Like Your Shoes	73	(4)
prayers
Prayer for Healing	77	(1)
Prayer of Blessing for Healers	78	(2)
Prayer of Blessing for Healers in the Church	80	(1)
Prayer for Renewal	81	(1)
Prayer of Preparation	82	(1)
Prayer for a Healer Who is Overwhelmed	83	(2)
Prayer for the Patients	85	(1)
Prayer for the Emergency Department	86	(2)
Prayer for the Surgical Suites	88	(2)
Prayer for the Health of the Congregation --- I	90	(1)
Prayer for the Health of the Congregation --- II	91	(2)
Prayer for Health During the Holiday Season	93	(2)
Prayer for the Aging	95	(2)
Prayer for Seniors in Residential Care	97	(1)
Prayer for Homebound Seniors	98	(1)
Prayer for Someone Facing Surgery	99	(2)
Prayer for Someone Who has Received a Serious Diagnosis	101	(2)
Prayer for Someone Who has Suffered an Accident	103	(2)
Prayer for a Runaway	105	(2)
Prayer for Someone in Prison	107	(2)
Prayer for the Loss of a Loved One	109	(2)
Prayer for the Loss of a Child	111	(1)
Prayer for the Family of an Organ Donor	112	(1)
Prayer for the Family of an Organ/Tissue Recipient	113	(1)
Prayer for Someone Facing Death	114	(2)
Prayer for Someone Who is Depressed	116	(1)
Prayer for the ``Dark Night of the Soul''	117	(1)
Prayer for Work	118	(2)
Prayer for Someone Who is Moving	120	(1)
Prayer for Someone Who Cannot Sleep	121	(1)
Prayer at the Birth of a Child	122	(1)
Prayer for Someone Facing Infertility	123	(1)
Prayer for Someone Waiting to Adopt a Child	124	(1)
Prayer for a Birth Mother	125	(1)
Prayer for Those with Mental Illness	126	(1)
Prayer for a Child Who has been Abused	127	(1)
Prayer for an Adult Who has been Abused	128	(1)
Prayer for Healing of the Earth	129	(1)
The Prayer of Our Savior (Paraphrase)	130	(3)
final word	133	(2)
bibliography	135	(2)
notes	137