Prayers for #Nurses & #Mother'sDay

A Nurse's Prayer
[O great healer] Give Nurses strength and wisdom,
When others need their touch;
A soothing word to speak to the needy,
Their hearts yearn for so much.
Give Nurses joy and laughter,
To lift a weary soul;
Pour in them compassion,
To make the broken whole.
Give them gentle, healing hands,
For those left in their care;
A blessing to those who need them,
For we give our thanks in this Nurse's prayer. Amen.

adapted from a prayer by Allison Chambers Coxsey
A Mother’s Day Prayer
On this Mother's Day, we give thanks to God for the divine gift of motherhood in all its diverse forms. Let us pray for all the mothers among us today; for our own mothers, those living and those who have passed away; for the mothers who loved us and for those mothers who struggled with love; for all who hope to be mothers someday and for those whose hope to have children has been frustrated; for all mothers who have lost children; for all women and men who have been our substitute mothers and we who have done so for those in need; and for the earth that bore us and provides us sustenance. We pray this all in the name of God, our great and loving Mother. Amen.

Adapted from a prayer by the Rev. Leslie Nipps from Women's Uncommon Prayers (Morehouse Publishing, 2000), p. 364.