Heal the people of the world

Hear my prayer O God just and true,
By your Spirit the world renew,
For many need your love and care,
A groaning creation in despair.

Send your faithful to help and pray,
And get the sheep that are still astray.
Cause your healing to flow through them,
To cure the leaves, root and stem.

Send your angels to guard and guide,
Those who choose in the Gospel to abide.
May your holy angels pull them away from danger,
From the evil and insidious stranger.

Hear O Lord Jesus my petition and plea,
That today more souls the darkness flee.
Let them hear your Word in favor,
So that they escape the hellish enslaver.