One of the most powerful things we can do for someone who is dying is to pray for their peace, comfort, and salvation in Jesus Christ. Here are 10 powerful prayers for someone dying. Along with the prayers are printable images for you to use or share.
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prayer for hospice
Lord of our salvation, as our loved one nears the end of his life, we pray You would give him freedom from pain. Because he trusts in Jesus, give him confidence that to be absent from the body is to be present with You. Help him with wrapping up financial and other concerns while he is able. Help him to enjoy sweet time with family and friends in these last days. Amen.
Prayer for Loved One with End-stage Cancer
Most Compassionate Lord, I pray for my loved one who is at the end stage of cancer. Help her know that she has not lost this battle, for she will soon be with You in Paradise. May she lift her eyes up to You for help in these final days. If she needs to make anything right with someone, may she do that now. Help her to prepare her heart for eternity with You, and to be able to share her faith with others. Amen.
Giver of peace, I intercede for this dear one, asking that You would grant him a peaceful death. Give him comfort in his soul that You will raise him up in the last days. Ease his fears of death and ease any pain he might have. Ease his concerns for those he is leaving behind. May he know that his help is in Your name, Maker of heaven and earth. Remind him that those who trust in You will abide with You forever. Amen.
God our Helper, we bring to You our loved one who is near death. We pray that You will bring an anointing of comfort to her and her family. Let them know that with You there is forgiveness. May they be comforted that with You is loving devotion and with You is redemption in abundance. May our loved one receive the comfort of knowing she is at peace with You, and that her family is at peace with her and with one another. Amen.
Faithful Father, we pray that You would infuse our loved one with hope as she has received a grim prognosis. Remind her that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. May she set her mind on the things of the Spirit. Give her hope that when her body is dead, her spirit is alive because of the righteousness Jesus purchased on the cross. Help her to patiently wait for the hope that is set before her. Amen.
Merciful One, we plead for the salvation of our loved one who is close to death. As he faces his mortality, may he turn to You, Immortal One. Help us to guide him to the truth and be a witness of the eternal life that awaits those who call on Your name. May he confess and receive forgiveness for his sins. May he believe in his heart that Your death and resurrection have made a way for him to live forever with You. Amen.
God our Refuge, we intercede for our loved one who is in her last days. We pray that You would grant her mercy. We pray that You would take away this pain that she is experiencing in her body. And we pray that her heart will be prepared to meet You soon. Remind her that mercy triumphs over judgment for those who are in Christ. May she keep herself in the love of God as she awaits the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring her eternal life. Amen.
God our Stronghold, we lift our dear one who has been admitted into hospice care. May You bring comfort to her body, and kind caregivers to help her. May you console her family and bless them with sweet memories of these final days. May she put her confidence in Jesus who is able to keep her from faltering and to present her blameless before Your glorious presence, with great joy. Amen.
God of Consolation, we pray that Your loving arms will be around the family and friends of this loved one who has just died. We pray that You will ease their pain and feelings of loss. As they go through the grieving process, may they be comforted by You. Surely You are close to the brokenhearted and You help those whose spirit is crushed. When they miss the companionship of their loved one, may they feel Your presence with them. Amen.
Lord our Comfort, we intercede for this family who has lost their loved one. We pray that You will ease any anxiety or uncertainty they are feeling. Give them comfort that their loved one is now face-to-face with You. Relieve the stress they may have about finances and may these matters soon be settled. Ease their apprehension of life without their loved one. Help them through all the tasks that need to be tended to in the next days, weeks, and months. Amen.
hospice prayers poems
What is dying? I am standing on the seashore. A ship sails to the morning breeze and starts for the ocean. She is an object of beauty and I stand watching her till at last she fades on the horizon, and someone at my side says, “She is gone.” Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all; she is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when I saw her, and just as able to bear her load of living freight to its destination.
The diminished size and total loss of sight is in me, not in her; and just at the moment when someone at my side says, “She is gone,” there are others who are watching her coming,and other voices take up the glad shout, “There she comes!”–and that is dying.
Psalm 121
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills: from whence cometh my help. My help cometh even from the Lord: who hath made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: and he that keepeth thee will not sleep. Behold, he that keepeth Israel: shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord himself is thy keeper: the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand; So that the sun shall not burn thee by day: neither the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in: from this time forth, for evermore. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.
Mother, daughter, bound together by loss.
The conceived, but now unnamed fetus,
Hand sized, dusky pink head,
Tiny fingers, legs and body,
Place lovingly on the yellow bunting,
To later fill the memory box.
Disposable camera, exposed film,
Waiting for a day when
Curiosity wins over grief.
The desire to remember,
Out weighs the wish to forget.
The Granddaughter, the Daughter,
Conceive in love,
Aborted by nature,
Tiny incomplete, life,
Four months of nine,
This precious, Unnamed Grandchild of mine.
short prayer for a peaceful death
“Prayer to Comfort the Dying” from Christianity
“God, help my mom discover your peace. Let her receive your comfort. Help her to be at rest knowing that you care for her and that you love her. Amen.”
It’s scary to face death. This prayer will help your loved one focus on rest, peace, and the love of God.
- “Prayer for Protection” from Buddhism
“Oh Compassionate Ones, protect my father who is defenceless. Be to him like a mother and father.”
This prayer pleads for the force that created this universe to protect the person who is terminally ill and protect them as parents would.
- “Prayer for Peace” From Catholicism
“O God, Who has commanded us to honor our father and mother, have compassion in Thy mercy, on the souls of my father and mother; forgive them their sins, and grant that I may see them in the joy of eternal brightness. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.”
This prayer helps focus your mom or dad on God’s forgiveness of their and the life that is coming beyond the grave.
- “Forgive Me and My Parents” from Islam
“Our Lord! Forgive me and my parents, and (all) the believers on the Day when the reckoning will be established.” – Quran 14:41
In Islam, it’s believed that the dead will rise one day and everyone will be judged. Pray this for the sick so their sins will be forgiven before they pass away.
- “Prayer for Mercy” from Islam
“My Lord! Bestow on them Your Mercy as they did bring me up when I was small.” – Quran 17:24
Your parents took the important job of taking care of you and raising you since you were little. This prayer asks God to have mercy on them because of how good they were to you.
Prayers for a Terminally Ill Sibling
Prayer over an image of a field of flowers
Siblings share more than blood. You may share a lifetime of inside jokes, memories, laughter, and conversation. When your sibling is ill, you may want to step up and be supportive of them through prayer. If you’re far away and can’t visit often, consider writing prayers in a card and sending it along with a gift for terminal cancer patients.
- “Prayer for Life” from Christianity
“I am the resurrection and the life: whoever believes in me, even though he should die, will come to life; and whoever is alive and believes in me will never die.” – John 11:25
This verse pertains to when Jesus brought Lazarus, a friend, and believer, back to life after his death. Praying and reciting this verse can bring hope through the reminder that there is life after death.
- “The Healer” from Islam
“Remove the harm, O Lord of humankind and heal him, for You are the Healer and there is no healing except Your healing, with a healing which does not leave any disease behind.” – Hazrat Ayesha
Saying this simple prayer for healing can bring comfort no matter what stage of illness someone faces.
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- “Prayer for Peace of Mind” from Christianity
“A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.” – Job 14:5
The book of Job provides this encouraging verse, serving as a reminder that everyone has a specific time on Earth.
- “The One Who is Blessed” from Judaism
“May the Holy Blessed One overflow with compassion upon him… One will send him, speedily, a complete healing — healing of the soul and healing of the body … Amen.”
This is an excerpt from a sacred jewish prayer. Use any part of this to pray for healing in both body and soul.
- “Never Forget” from Hinduism
“And whoever, at the end of his life, quits his body remembering Me alone at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt.” – Bhagavad Gita 8:5
Encourage your sibling to focus on what they believe regarding life after death.
