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| "Saint Luke" -- by James Tissot |
Prayer To
Saint Luke For The Family Doctor
Good Saint
Luke,
we are
told that before you met our dear Lord
and became
a follower of His
and a
writer of His Gospel,
you were a
doctor.
We beg you
this day
to bless
and help and protect our doctor.
Obtain for
him the graces he most needs
to do his
work well and serve God generously.
Help him
to be strong and gentle,
prudent
and charitable,
understanding
and self-sacrificing.
Give him
great skill in the care of our bodies,
so that,
blessed with physical strength and health,
we may
more faithfully perform our daily tasks.
Help us
all, good Saint Luke,
to imitate
very closely the life
and
virtues of our Blessed Mother Mary,
about whom
you wrote so beautifully,
and of Him
whom she bore into this world,
Jesus
Christ our Lord and our God,
who lives
and is King for ever and ever.
Amen.
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Prayer To
Saint Luke For All Doctors
Most
charming and saintly Physician,
you were
animated by the heavenly Spirit of love.
In
faithfully detailing the humanity of Jesus,
you also
showed his divinity and
his
genuine compassion for all human beings.
Inspire
our physicians with your professionalism
and with
the divine compassion for their patients.
Enable
them to cure the ills of both body
and spirit
that afflict so many in our day.
Amen.
