“Dear Savior, Please”

A member of Sacred Heart parish in Eldon, composed the following prayer:

The routine of our lives has changed

as sickness pours over the globe

together apart in scary times

in effort to fight a microbe

now the world is so very small

Dear Savior, please help us all

Sheltered at home with whom we live

Lord, give us eyes so we may see

the beauty that was always there

that all of value is from Thee

in this time of uncertainty

be our bastion of stability

Jesus, replace this shroud of doom

with a cloak of confident trust

dress us with a gown of hope

as You lovingly protect us

You know how it will turnabout

Lord, heal us from the inside out

When the burden of it presses on

and feels like more than we can bear

give us strength to push on through

give us your peace and tender care

quiet our worries and our fears

Jesus, in Your hands, catch our tears.