Addiction Prayer

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O blessed Lord, you ministered to all who came to you: Look with compassion upon all who through addiction have lost their health and freedom. Restore to them the assurance of your unfailing mercy; remove from them the fears that beset them; strengthen them in the work of their recovery; and to those who care for them, give patient understanding and persevering love. Amen.

Adapted from “For the Victims of Addiction “ (The book of Common Prayer pg. 830, No. 56)

Design by Michael Podesta

8 x 10

O blessed Lord, you ministered to all who came to you: Look with compassion upon all who through addiction have lost their health and freedom. Restore to them the assurance of your unfailing mercy; remove from them the fears that beset them; strengthen them in the work of their recovery; and to those who care for them, give patient understanding and persevering love. Amen.

Adapted from “For the Victims of Addiction “ (The book of Common Prayer pg. 830, No. 56)

Design by Michael Podesta

8 x 10

Behind The Art

Several years ago The National Episcopal Coalition on Alcohol commissioned me to make a special version of this prayer for Betty Ford. The gift, of course, was an expression of gratitude and acknowledgment for the work of the Betty Ford Center in the treatment of alcohol abuse.

Also, I appreciate the way the prayer encompasses the supporting family and friends.

The deep compassion of the text appeals to me. It reminds me of the verse in Luke (5:30-31) where Jesus is reproached for associating with "publicans & sinners." He answers: “It is the sick who need a doctor, not the healthy. —Michael

Update: This prayer naturally pertains to more than alcohol abuse. As we have come to understand, more fully, through education and first hand experience, the trials and tribulations facing the addicted and those who care since this creation of this particular design, we pray for all of our friends and family and to the strangers among us who struggle each day.

—Gwen Sammon