Prayer during Ilness, from the Catholic Book of Daily Prayer:
"Father, I find it hard to accept this illness.
I am impatient.
I find it hard to speak to anyone.
I find it hard to talk to You.
I worry over my health.
I worry about the things I would like to do, ought to do, but now I cannot.
At a time like this, I find it hard to
believe in You,
to trust in You,
to love You.
And yet I want to believe, to trust and to love.
I know You really care for me.
I cast all my worries and anxieties upon You. I leave myself entirely in Your Hands.
Not my will, but Yours be done.
Lord Jesus, I think of the pains you endured for me. The great sadness in the garden, your scourging and crowning with thorns, your cross, your death. You had to suffer to enter into great glory. The sufferings of this time ae not to be compared to the glory that is to come. In the strength of Your Spirit, I join my sufferings to Yours for the redemption of the world.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Amen."
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the Fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end, Amen.