gaia_angelleft Catholic Prayers: Prayer to Saint DymphnaIn Nervous or Emotional Distress
I turn to you, dear virgin and martyr, confident of your power with God and of your
willingness to take my cause into your hands. I praise and bless the Lord for giving
you to us as patron of the nervous and emotionally disturbed. I firmly hope that
through your kind intercession He will restore my lost serenity and peace of mind.
May He speak to my heart and reassure me: "My peace I give you. Let not your heart
be troubled nor let it be afraid." Pray for me, dear St. Dymphna, that my nervous
and emotional turmoil may cease, and that I may again know serenity and personal
peace.
Amen.
In Physical Illness
I appeal to you in my illness, dear St. Dymphna. I would be so grateful for a total and
happy recovery, for the blessed gift of health in every fiber of my being. May the
Lord Jesus, who mercifully healed the sick during His earthly days, have pity on me
and make me well again. Ask Him to command sickness to depart and grant me a full
measure of health, that I may rejoice in giving Him glory and praise.
Amen.
For Love of God and of Neighbor
Dear St. Dymphna, our Church leaders reminded us at Vatican II that "it is the love of
God and of neighbor which points out the true disciple of Christ." The same reminder
is issued repeatedly, and yet, how often I fail the test of true discipleship. Intercede,
please, in my favor, dear girl-martyr, that I may truly love the Lord my God and all
His family on earth. May this love remain mine in life and lead me to heaven, where
with all the saints, I shall adore the Trinity.
Amen.
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