021. 101. For those who have no suitable Alleviations.

101. For those who have no suitable Alleviations.

ALMIGHTY GOD, Who hast provided earthly means of solace lest we should sink under the pressure of bodily necessity, have mercy upon Thy servants who are destitute of those comforts which their pains make specially needful to them. Give them such measure of earthly things as is consistent with the wellbeing of their soul, and enable them to recog nise Thy wisdom in chastening, Thy power in sustaining, and Thy goodness in providing for them. Be Thou their Comforter, and make Thy grace manifest as the true riches for the relief of their poverty, their sustenance in hunger, their refreshment in weariness, the water of life to soothe them in times of fever, the fire of heaven to enkindle them when deadened by coldness. Do Thou, Who knowest their weakness, mercifully supply all their need, and bring them to realize increasingly the satisfaction which those shall find in Thee, who attain to Thy glory; through Thy Son Jesus Christ.

Amen.