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This page's prayers are helpful prayers for an end to pandemic, but not necessary for the indulgence.
Pope Francis' Prayers for Coronavirus
Prayer to Our Lady, Health of the Sick, to implore her protection during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Pope Francis says this first prayer could be recited at the end of the rosary.
This English translated prayer was retrieved from:
O Mary, You shine continuously on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who, at the foot of the cross, were united with Jesus’ suffering, and persevered in your faith.
“Protectress of the Roman people”, you know our needs, and we know that you will provide, so that, as at Cana in Galilee, joy and celebration may return after this time of trial.
Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the will of the Father and to do what Jesus tells us. For he took upon himself our suffering, and burdened himself with our sorrows to bring us, through the cross, to the joy of the Resurrection.
Amen.
We fly to your protection, O Holy Mother of God; Do not despise our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from every danger, O Glorious and Blessed Virgin.
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Second Prayer from Pope Francis
Pope Francis says this second prayer could also be recited at the end of the rosary.
This was also retrieved from:
“We fly to your protection, O Holy Mother of God”.
In the present tragic situation, when the whole world is prey to suffering and anxiety, we fly to you, Mother of God and our Mother, and seek refuge under your protection.
Virgin Mary, turn your merciful eyes towards us amid this coronavirus pandemic. Comfort those who are distraught and mourn their loved ones who have died, and at times are buried in a way that grieves them deeply. Be close to those who are concerned for their loved ones who are sick and who, in order to prevent the spread of the disease, cannot be close to them. Fill with hope those who are troubled by the uncertainty of the future and the consequences for the economy and employment.
Mother of God and our Mother, pray for us to God, the Father of mercies, that this great suffering may end and that hope and peace may dawn anew. Plead with your divine Son, as you did at Cana, so that the families of the sick and the victims be comforted, and their hearts be opened to confidence and trust.
Protect those doctors, nurses, health workers and volunteers who are on the frontline of this emergency, and are risking their lives to save others. Support their heroic effort and grant them strength, generosity and continued health.
Be close to those who assist the sick night and day, and to priests who, in their pastoral concern and fidelity to the Gospel, are trying to help and support everyone.
Blessed Virgin, illumine the minds of men and women engaged in scientific research, that they may find effective solutions to overcome this virus.
Support national leaders, that with wisdom, solicitude and generosity they may come to the aid of those lacking the basic necessities of life and may devise social and economic solutions inspired by farsightedness and solidarity.
Mary Most Holy, stir our consciences, so that the enormous funds invested in developing and stockpiling arms will instead be spent on promoting effective research on how to prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future.
Beloved Mother, help us realize that we are all members of one great family and to recognize the bond that unites us, so that, in a spirit of fraternity and solidarity, we can help to alleviate countless situations of poverty and need. Make us strong in faith, persevering in service, constant in prayer.
Mary, Consolation of the afflicted, embrace all your children in distress and pray that God will stretch out his all-powerful hand and free us from this terrible pandemic, so that life can serenely resume its normal course.
To you, who shine on our journey as a sign of salvation and hope, do we entrust ourselves, O Clement, O Loving, O Sweet Virgin Mary. Amen.
Pope’s prayer intentions for specific types of people who are affected by the pandemic are at the is Vatican page:
retrieved from https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2020-03/pope-francis-coronavirus-suffering-intentions.html
For the homeless
Most recently, on Tuesday, he prayed “for those who are homeless”:
“At this moment in which everyone is supposed to be at home, may society, men and women, realize this reality and help them, and that the Church might welcome them.”
For those who fear
On Monday 30 March, the Pope’s intention was “for the many people who are not succeeding in coping and remain in fear because of the pandemic”:
“May the Lord help them to have the strength to cope for the good of society and the entire community.”
On Thursday March 26, the Pope had already turned his attention to the fear that often accompanies suffering:
“The fear of the elderly who are alone in nursing homes, or hospitals, or in their own homes, and don't know what will happen. The fear of those who don’t have regular jobs and are thinking about how to feed their children. They foresee they may go hungry. The fear of many civil servants. At this moment they're working to keep society functioning and they might get sick. There’s also the fear – the fears – of each one of us. Each one knows what their own fears are. We pray to the Lord that He might help us to trust, and to tolerate and conquer these fears.”
For those who weep
On Sunday 29 March, Pope Francis began the liturgy saying he was thinking “of the many people who are weeping, people who are isolated, in quarantine, the elderly; people who are alone, in hospital, parents who do not foresee receiving their salary and do not know how they will feed their children”…
“Many people are weeping. We too, from our hearts, accompany them. It wouldn’t do us any harm to weep a bit as our Lord wept for all of His people”.
For those who suffer hunger
On Saturday 28 March, the Pope prayed for those suffering from hunger because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“We're beginning to see people who are hungry because they can't work. They may not have had a regular job, and from many other circumstances. We're beginning to see the aftermath that will come later. But it's beginning now. We pray for the families who are beginning to find themselves in need because of the pandemic”.
For those who pray
During his morning Mass on Friday 27 March, Pope Francis noted that the difficult times we are facing have inspired in many people a more general concern for others: for families that don’t have enough to get by, for the elderly who are alone, for the sick in hospitals. They are praying for others, “that help might somehow arrive”.
“This is a good sign, and we thank the Lord, who is arousing these sentiments in the hearts of the faithful”.
For those in difficulty
The Pope is also aware of the suffering of those families facing financial difficulties. On Monday 23 March, he prayed especially for them:
“Let us pray today for those persons who are beginning to experience economic problems because of the pandemic, because they cannot work… All of this affects the family. We pray for those people who have this problem.”
For medical personnel
The Pope has expressed his admiration for medical personnel and those who risk their lives caring for coronavirus patients. Before Mass at the Casa Santa Marta on Tuesday, 24 March, he said:
“I received the news that in these days, a number of doctors and priests have died, I don't know if there were a few nurses. They were infected…because they were serving the sick. Let’s pray for them, for their families. I thank God for the example of heroism they give us in caring for the sick.”
1 more about God's strength
...on Friday 27 March, Pope Francis prayed that we might “hand over our fears” to the Lord, so that “He can conquer them”:
“Because this is God’s strength: turning to the good everything that happens to us, even the bad things. He brings serenity into our storms, because with God life never dies.”
EWTN'S PRAYERS FOR CORONAVIRUS
Retrieved from: www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/coronavirus-prayer-for-healthcare-workers-14274
O Holy Spirit, we thank you for the advancements that have led to improving the health of so many. We beg you to inspire new breakthroughs in overcoming the coronavirus and all serious flu viruses. Protect, we pray, health care professionals from the illnesses they are treating, and make them instruments of your healing. Amen.
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EWTN'S Coronavirus Victims’ Prayer
Retrieved from:
www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/prayer-for-coronavirus-victims-14275
O God, our Father, mercifully look upon Your people who come to You and grant through the intercession of St. Rosalie, who turned away from earthly delights to the joys of contemplation, that we may be delivered from all harm here on earth and one day be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen.
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For protection from Coronavirus, EWTN suggests prayerfully reading Psalm 91:
Retrieved from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWcuL8ejCvs
PSALM 91
1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, who abides in the shadow of the Almighty, 2 will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust." 3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence; 4 he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. 5 You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you. 8 You will only look with your eyes and see the recompense of the wicked. 9 Because you have made the LORD your refuge, the Most High your habitation, 10 no evil shall befall you, no scourge come near your tent. 11 For he will give his angels charge of you to guard you in all your ways. 12 On their hands they will bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. 13 You will tread on the lion and the adder, the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot. 14 Because he cleaves to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name. 15 When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will rescue him and honor him. 16 With long life I will satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
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Prayer for the sick
-Author unknown-retrieved from catholic.org
Father of goodness and love, hear our prayers for the sick members of our community and for all who are in need. Amid mental and physical suffering may they find consolation in your healing presence. Show your mercy as you close wounds, cure illness, make broken bodies whole and free downcast spirits. May these special people find lasting health and deliverance, and so join us in thanking you for all your gifts. We ask this through the Lord Jesus who healed those who believed. Amen.
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Prayer for a Pandemic
written by
Cameron Wiggins Bellm
from the website of a Catholic school Xavier University. retrieved from https://www.xavier.edu/jesuitresource/online-resources/prayer-index/coronavirus-prayers#a_coronavirus_prayer
May we who are merely inconvenienced, remember those whose lives are at stake.
May we who have no risk factors remember those most vulnerable.
May those who have the luxury of working from home remember those who must choose between preserving their health or making their rent.
May those who have the flexibility to care for our children when schools close remember those who have no options.
May we who have to cancel a trip remember those who have no safe place to go.
May we who are losing our margin money in the tumult of the economic market remember those who have no margin at all.
May those who settle for quarantine at home remember those who have no home.
As fear grips our country, let us choose love during this time when we cannot physically wrap our arms around each other, let us find ways to be the loving embrace to God and our neighbor.
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Additional prayer links on external websites:
In addition to the prayer listed above many more Catholic prayers and poems are available for you to recite for the Coronavirus on the website of a Catholic school: Xavier University.
Prayer intention for coronavirus
The Congregation for Divine Worship adds a Covid-19 prayer intention that was recited during the Solemn Intercessions of Good Friday Services across the world posted at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops webs http://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/triduum/good-friday-intercessions-covid19-pandemic.cfm
A Coronavirus prayer from a Catholic periodical: America Magazine.
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/03/02/coronavirus-prayer
A Prayer to Combat the Coronavirus Pandemic from a Catholic organization:
https://ascensionpress.com/pages/a-prayer-to-combat-the-coronavirus-pandemic
Saintly Intercession Prayers for Coronavirus:
St. Joseph-Short Novena to - patron of the dying
Retrieved from https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/short-novena-to-st-joseph-317
O good father Joseph! I beg you by all your sufferings, sorrows and joys, to obtain for me what I ask.
(Here name your petition).
Obtain for all those who have asked my prayers, everything that is useful to them in the plan of God. Be near to me in my last moments, that I may eternally sing the praises of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Amen.
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be)
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PRAYER TO SAINT ROCCO
-protector against epidemics, the plague, all contagious diseases & a patron saint of surgeons.
This prayer was retrieved from a church bulletin.
O Great St. Rocco, deliver us, we beseech thee, from the scourges of God; through thy Intercessory, preserve our bodies from contagious diseases, and our souls from the contagion of sin. Obtain for us salubrious air; but, above all, purity of heart. Assist us to make good use of health, to bear suffering with patience; and, after thy example, to live in the practice of penance and charity, that we may one day enjoy the happiness which thou has merited by thy virtues.
Amen
St. Rocco, pray for us (say three times)
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Prayer to St. Frances Xavier Cabrini -patron saint of hospital administrators
This is retrieved from the website of the Catholic News Agency which EWTN owns:
Retrieced from https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resources/prayers/prayers-to-saints/prayer-to-st-frances-xavier-cabrini
Almighty and Eternal Father, Giver of all Gifts, show us Thy mercy, and grant, we beseech Thee, through the merits of Thy faithful Servant, Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, that all who invoke her intercession may obtain what they desire according to the good pleasure of Thy Holy Will. (here name your request)
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, beloved spouse of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, intercede for us
that the favor we now ask may be granted.
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St. Jude - Long Novena Patron of Desperate Situations and Hopeless Cases
Retrieved from https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/novena-to-st-jude--desperate-situations-and-hopeless-cases-305
Most holy Apostle, St. Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes you universally, as the patron of difficult cases, of things almost despaired of, Pray for me, I am so helpless and alone.
Intercede with God for me that He bring visible and speedy help where help is almost despaired of. Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly -
(make your request here)
- and that I may praise God with you and all the saints forever. I promise, O Blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor granted me by God and to always honor you as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to you.
Amen
PRAYER
May the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, and loved in all the tabernacles until the end of time. Amen.
May the most Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised and glorified now and forever. Amen
St. Jude pray for us and hear our prayers. Amen.
Blessed be the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Blessed be the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Blessed be St. Jude Thaddeus, in all the world and for all Eternity.
(say this prayer, followed by the Our Father and the Hail Mary)
Dear Apostle and Martyr for Christ, you left us an Epistle in the New Testament. With good reason many invoke you when illness is at a desperate stage. We now recommend to your kindness (name of patient) who is in a critical condition. May the cure of this patient increase his/her faith and love for the Lord of Life, for the glory of our merciful God. Amen
Here are some external websites with links you can click on to see more saintly novenas.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us! Novena to the Immaculate
https://www.lourdes-france.org/en/our-lady-of-lourdes-pray-for-usnovena-to-the-immaculate/
Novena asking patron saints of crisis/diseases to intercede:
https://www.praymorenovenas.com/pandemic-novena
Info about St. Camillus de Lellis: Patron saint of hospitals, nurses, & sick people: