Support Resources:

http://www.2heartsnetwork.org/illness.htm  –Prayers for the Sick

http://www.ourcatholicfaith.org/prayer/p-sick.html    –Prayers for the Sick

http://www.2heartsnetwork.org/care.htm       -Prayers for Caregivers

http://www.care givers.com/pages/current.html   –  Empowering Caregivers

http://www.webring.org/hub?ring=caring   – Empowering Caregivers Webring

                                                                                                                            

A User friendly Living Will; Advance Directive; Living Trust;

Five Wishes is America’s most popular living will because it’s written in everyday language and helps people express their wishes in areas that matter most — the personal and spiritual in addition to the medical and legal. It also helps you describe what good care means to you, whether you are seriously ill or not. It allows your caregiver to know exactly what you want  –  http://agingwithdignity.org/   

Advance Directives- pdf  ATTACHMENT

http://www.getpalliativecare.org/whatis            -What is Palliative Care

http://njhospice.org/         “About Hospice” and “FAQ About Hospice”

                                                                        Prayers

For One Who is Sick

Lord Jesus, it is not Your will that Your people should suffer. And yet, I remember so well how You took on suffering for us all. Keep me now from losing hope as I face once again my infirmity. I feel the pain and ask of God, “Let this cup pass from me.”

As I kneel with You in the garden, may I welcome another day with a prayer that echoes yours: “Not my wil but Thine be done.” Let me never forget how to laugh, for laughter is Your gift to me to undo depression and heal the hurt of a sickness I cannot control. Then I will gladly walk Your way, to join in Your sacrifice of love, and I will not dwell upon the pain that leads my thoughts away from You.

Take me into Your gentle embrace, for I know that whatever this day brings, You have paved my way with Your tears and redeemed me with Your victory. Amen.

 

 

 

Prayer to the Sacred Heart for the Sick

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place into Your Hands, wounded out of love for us, all those I know and love who are ill, injured or in need of Your healing touch in any way. I remember those who are at home and those in hospitals and nursing homes, those who are recovering slowly, those who are lonely or afraid. Be with them all, most loving Jesus, especially those for whom I now pray: (pause to mention all those you wish to remember.)

Lord Jesus, please send Your Mother Mary to be with them in their time of need. May she who knew life’s sorrow and pain in her own heart, console them with the joy of her Immaculate Heart now reigning with You in heaven.

In Your wisdom, Lord, increase in them Your gifts of Faith in Your Church, Hope in Everlasting Life, and Love both forgiving and peace-giving. If it is Your will, restore them to fullness of health and strength. And bring all of us home at last together with Mary and all Your Saints. Amen.

 

A Prayer for the Caregiver

by Bruce McIntyre

Unknown and often unnoticed, you are a hero nonetheless.
For your love, sacrificial, is God at his best. 
You walk by faith in the darkness of the great unknown,
And your courage, even in weakness, gives life to your beloved. 

You hold shaking hands and provide the ultimate care:
Your presence, the knowing, that you are simply there. 
You rise to face the giant of disease and despair,
It is your finest hour, though you may be unaware. 

You are resilient, amazing, and beauty unexcelled,
You are the caregiver and you have done well!