Prayers & Blessings for the Guatemala Medical Mission Team

I ask the prayers and blessings of St. Stephen’s for Dr. John Baird and the Guatemala Medical Mission Team as they leave for Guatemala on Saturday, June 28.

 O God, whose glory fills the whole creation, and whose presence we find wherever we go: Preserve the Guatemala Medical Mission as they travel; surround them with your loving care; protect them from every danger; and bring them in safety to our journey’s end; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.

 Almighty and most merciful God, we remember before you all poor and neglected persons whom it would be easy for us to forget: the homeless and the destitute, the old and the sick, and all who have none to care for them. Help the Guatemala Medical Mission and all of us who serve you to heal those who are broken in body or spirit, and to turn their sorrow into joy. Grant this, Father, for the love of your Son, who for our sake became poor, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.