Introduction
Maternal prayer saves from fire, flood, disease and all kinds of disasters; it can reach from the bottom of the sea and from the depths of the earth. These words, which have already become largely aphoristic, are not a simple saying or folk tale; behind them there is a reality that operates and has been tested by the experience of different people, regardless of their faith, position, age. A deep, natural-genetic and spiritual unity binds a mother and her child so much that this phenomenon is difficult to express and describe in any categories of human language. It is no coincidence that a mother’s love for her children is compared to God’s love for man. Just as a mother’s heart is capable of forgiving the most daring offenses and tolerating the various antics of her children, so the Lord forgives all a person’s sins subject to his sincere repentance and attempts to change the sinful way of his existence.
Maternal prayers sound in different languages, have different forms and religions, but they are all united by sincere and fiery love for those for whom they are offered. And this love often achieves its goal, people receive what they ask for: they get rid of troubles and illnesses, are saved from disasters, get out of dead-end situations. However, only in Orthodoxy are these prayers and sighs able to help not only in earthly, temporary life, but, what is most valuable, in eternal life. And even in the conditions of this world, they not only save from trouble, but also direct a person to repentance and eternal salvation. You will find examples of such prayers in this book. Everyday appeals, requests in difficult circumstances, and funeral prayers are presented here.
We hope that this collection will be useful to the widest circle of readers as an invaluable opportunity to directly come into contact with the very sacrament of faith through offering prayers for our loved ones to the Lord, the Mother of God and the holy saints.
A mother's prayer for her child
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, prayers for the sake of Thy Most Pure Mother, hear me, Thy sinful and unworthy servant (name).
Lord, in the mercy of Your power, my child (name), have mercy and save him for Your name’s sake.
Lord, forgive him all the sins, voluntary and involuntary, that he committed before You.
Lord, guide him on the true path of Your commandments and enlighten him and enlighten him with Your light of Christ for the salvation of the soul and the healing of the body.
Lord, bless him in the house, around the house, in the field, at work and on the road and in every place of Your possession. Lord, protect him under the protection of Your Saints from a flying bullet, arrow, knife, sword, poison, fire, flood, from a deadly ulcer and from vain death.
Lord, protect him from visible and invisible enemies, from all troubles, evils and misfortunes.
Lord, heal him from all diseases, cleanse him from all filth (wine, tobacco, drugs) and ease his mental suffering and sorrow.
Lord, grant him the grace of the Holy Spirit for many years of life, health, and chastity.
Lord, give him Your blessing for a godly family life and godly childbearing. Lord, grant me, Thy unworthy and sinful servant, a parental blessing on my child in the coming mornings, days, evenings and nights, for Thy name’s sake, for Thy Kingdom is eternal, omnipotent and omnipotent. Amen.
5 strong prayers for your child to be healthy and happy
Only a mother can read them to her children; they help even when the children have long grown up.
PRAYER WORDS FOR THE HEALTH OF THE SICK
Prayer for the health of a sick person has great power. It is allowed to pronounce it both in the temple and at home.
“O Lord, our Creator, I ask for your help, grant complete recovery to God’s servant (name), wash her blood with your rays. Only with Your help will healing come to her. Touch her with miraculous power and bless all her roads to the long-awaited salvation, healing, recovery. Give her body health, her soul - blessed lightness, her heart - Your divine balm. The pain will forever recede and strength will return to it, the wounds will all heal and Thy holy help will come. Your rays from the blue Heavens will reach her, give her strong protection, bless her for deliverance from her illnesses, and strengthen her faith. May the Lord hear these words of mine. Glory to You. Amen".
PRAYER WORDS FOR THE CHILD'S HEALTH
This prayer will help alleviate the baby’s condition and thereby save him from illness.
“Lord Almighty, may Your mercy be on my child (name) (if there are 2 or more children, then we must say “on my children”), preserve and protect him under your cover, cover my child from all evil, give him away from him of all enemies, open his eyes and ears, give humility and tenderness to his little heart. Lord God, we are all Your creatures, have pity on my child (name) and guide him to repentance. Save, O God of the Most High, and have mercy on my child (name) and enlighten his mind with the bright light of the mind of Your Gospel, and direct him on the path of Your commandments, and teach him, Lord, to do Your holy will. Amen".
PRAYER WORDS FOR HEALTH TO THE MOTHER OF GOD
A prayer for good health to the Most Holy Mother of God is also said at home or in church. To read the prayer words at home, you will need an icon of the Mother of God, but if it is not possible to buy it, then you can read it in front of the image of the Mother of God.
“Oh, Madam Most Holy Lady. Get us, God's servants (names), from the depths of sin and deliver us from sudden death and all dark evil. Give us, our Lady, health and peace and enlighten our eyes and hearts, for bright salvation. Help us, God's servants (names), Great Kingdom of Your Son, Jesus our God: blessed be His power with the Most Holy Spirit and His Father. Amen".
PRAYER WORDS FOR HEALTH TO NICHOLAS THE WONDERWORKER
Even in ancient times, with various problems, including health, ancestors always turned to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker for help. Words should be spoken by people who want to get rid of diseases and gain health.
“Oh, Nicholas the All-Holy, saint of the Lord, our eternal intercessor, and our helper everywhere in all troubles. Help me, God’s servant (name), sad and sinful, in this life, ask the Lord to grant me forgiveness of my sins, for I have sinned in deed, in word, in thoughts and with all my feelings. Help me, the accursed one, Holy Wonderworker, ask our Lord for good health, deliver me from torment and ordeal. Amen".
This prayer can be read not only for yourself, but also for any relative or friend, only in this case you need to substitute the appropriate name instead of yours.
PRAYER WORDS FOR HEALTH
The prayer for the desired recovery to Saint Matrona is considered the most effective and powerful. You can say this prayer at home or in church, but always in front of the icon of St. Matrona.
“Our Mother, Blessed Matrona, with your soul you stand in Heaven before the Throne of God, but with your body you rest on earth, and with the grace given you work all sorts of miracles. I pray to You, look at me, God’s servant (name), a sinner, in grief, illness and sinful temptations. Comfort me, heal all my severe illnesses. From the Lord God, forgiving us for our sins, deliver us from all troubles and enemies. Ask the Lord to forgive us all our sins, falls and iniquities. Amen".
A mother’s prayerful sigh for her children
God! Creator of all creatures, adding mercy to mercy, You made me worthy to be the mother of a family; Your goodness has given me children, and I dare to say: they are Your children! Because You gave them existence, revived them with an immortal soul, revived them through Baptism for a life in accordance with Your will, adopted them and accepted them into the bosom of Your Church. God! Keep them in a state of grace until the end of their lives; grant them to be partakers of the Mysteries of Your Covenant; sanctify by Thy truth; may Thy holy name be sanctified in them and through them! Send me Your gracious help in raising them for the glory of Your name and the benefit of your neighbor! Give me methods, patience and strength for this purpose! Teach me to plant in their hearts the root of true wisdom - Thy fear! Illuminate them with the light of Your Wisdom! May they love You with all their souls and thoughts; may they cleave to You with all their hearts and throughout their entire life, may they tremble at Your words! Grant me the wisdom to convince them that true life consists in keeping Your commandments, that work, strengthened by piety, brings serene contentment in this life, and ineffable bliss in eternity. Open to them the understanding of Your law, so that until the end of their days they act in the feeling of Your omnipresence; plant in their hearts fear and disgust from all lawlessness, may they be blameless in their ways, may they always remember that You, All-Good God, are the Jealous of Your law and righteousness! Keep them in chastity and reverence for Your name, so that they do not discredit Your Church with their behavior, but let them live according to its instructions! Inspire them with a desire for useful learning and make them capable of every good deed, so that they may acquire a true understanding of those subjects whose information is necessary in their condition, and may be enlightened with knowledge beneficial to humanity. God! Manage me to imprint with indelible marks on the minds and hearts of my children the fear of partnerships with those who do not know Your fear, to instill in them every possible distance from any alliance with the lawless, may they not listen to rotten conversations, may they not be led astray from Your path by bad examples, may they not be tempted by this that sometimes the path of the wicked is successful in this world. Heavenly Father! Grant me the grace to take every possible care to seduce my children through my actions. But constantly keeping in mind their behavior, distract them from errors, correct their mistakes, curb their stubbornness and obstinacy, refrain from striving for vanity and frivolity, so that they do not get carried away by crazy thoughts, do not follow their hearts, do not become proud in their thoughts theirs, may they not forget You and Your law, may iniquity not destroy their mind and health, may the sins of their mental and physical strength not weaken them. Father of generosity and all mercy! According to my parental feeling, I would wish for my children every abundance of earthly blessings, I would wish them blessings from the dew of heaven and from the fatness of the earth, but may Thy holy will be with them! Arrange their fate according to Your good pleasure, do not deprive them of their daily bread in life, send down to them everything they need in time to acquire a blissful eternity; be merciful to them when they sin against You; do not impute to them the sins of their youth and their ignorance; bring their hearts into contrition when they resist the guidance of Your goodness; Punish them and have mercy, directing them to the path pleasing to You, but do not reject them from Your presence! Accept their prayers with favor, grant them success in every good deed, do not turn Your face away from them in the days of their sorrow, so that temptations beyond their strength may not befall them. Overshadow them with Your mercy, may Your Angel walk with them and save them from all misfortune and evil path. All-merciful God! Make me a mother who rejoices over her children, so that they will be my joy in the days of my life and my support in my old age. Honor me, with trust in Your mercy, to appear with them at Your Last Judgment and with shameless boldness to say: “Here I am and my children whom You gave me, Lord!” Yes, together with them, glorifying Your ineffable goodness and eternal love, I extol Your most holy name, Father, Son and Holy Soul, forever and ever. Amen.
Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John
Troparion, voice 2:
The memory of the righteous is with praise, but the testimony of the Lord, the Forerunner, is sufficient for you: for you have shown that you are truly and more honorable than the prophets, as if you were worthy to baptize the Preached One in the streams. Moreover, having suffered for the truth, rejoicing, you preached the good news to those in hell of God revealed in the flesh, taking away the sin of the world and giving us great mercy.
Kontakion, tone 5:
The glorious beheading of the forerunner, a certain Divine sight, and the coming of the Savior was preached to those in hell; Let Herodia weep, having asked for lawless murder: for he did not love the law of God, nor the living age, but a feigned, temporary one.
Prayer:
To the Baptist of Christ, preacher of repentance, do not despise me who repents, but copulating with the heavenly ones, pray to the Lady for me, unworthy, sad, weak and sad, fallen into many troubles, burdened by the stormy thoughts of my mind: for I am a den of evil deeds, by no means have an end to sinful customs; For my mind is nailed down by earthly things. What will I do, I do not know, and to whom will I resort, so that my soul will be saved? Only to you, Saint John, give the same name of grace, as you are before the Lord, according to the Mother of God, greater than all who are born, for you were deemed worthy to touch the top of the King Christ, who takes away the sins of the world, the Lamb of God: pray for Him for my sinful soul, so from now on , at the first ten hour, I will bear a good burden and receive compensation with the last. To her, the Baptist of Christ, the honest Forerunner, the ultimate prophet, the first martyr in grace, the teacher of fasters and hermits, the teacher of purity and the close friend of Christ, I pray to you, I resort to you, do not reject me from your intercession, but raise me up, having fallen into many sins; renew my soul with repentance, as with the second baptism, of which you are the ruler: with baptism you wash away sin, and preach repentance for the cleansing of every bad deed; Cleanse me with the sins of the defiled and force me to enter, even if nothing bad enters, into the Kingdom of Heaven. Amen.
Daily prayer for children
Lord Jesus Christ, awaken Your mercy on my children (names), keep them under Your roof, cover them from all evil lust, drive away from them every enemy and adversary, open their ears and the eyes of their hearts, grant tenderness and humility to their hearts. Lord, we are all Your creation, have pity on my children (names) and turn them to repentance. Save, O Lord, and have mercy on my children (names) and enlighten their minds with the light of the mind of Your Gospel, and guide them on the path of Your commandments, and teach them, O Savior, to do Your will, for You are our God.
