Posts tagged ‘health and healing’

Removing Life Support

A difficult prayer for a difficult moment. In classic Jewish tradition, this prayer includes a request for forgiveness from the one who is near death by…

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Pervasive Peace

In these difficult times, this one line captures my simplest yet deepest prayer for us all. With so much healing needed, our prayers must rattle the…

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The Axis of Healing

A new meditation on the source of healing — the light that shines from your own heart — posted as gift on this Shabbat for a…

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Living with Medical Uncertainty

Last week I posted a “Cancer Anniversary” prayer. I received many responses. Several readers, each facing metastatic disease, wrote asking for a different prayer, one for…

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Cancer Anniversary

This prayer is for all who are marking an anniversary of being cancer free. Having fought the battle – the one you’ve won that others lost…

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Praise for Healing

This is a prayer to be said after recovery from illness. Although I’ve written several specific prayers — such as “Cancer Remission” and “Upon Recovery from…

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Simple Prayer for Healing

This prayer is basic, direct, to the point. Please G-d, heal and comfort those in need. It’s a prayer for moments when less is more. This…

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My Illness, My Children

Here’s a prayer to be said by an ill parent worried about how witnessing the disease will impact his or her children. A challenge in writing…

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This Watching, This Waiting (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or Dementia)

This is a prayer to be said by the spouse or partner of someone whose Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease or dementia has progressed to the point…

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Diagnosis with Parkinson’s Disease

This is a prayer to be said upon receiving the diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. This difficult disease contains a certain element of cruelty that’s addressed head…

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