Pain and suffer prayer I

Blessed are You, 
Lord our God,
Who shares pain and suffering as part of
The mystery of the life.

Lord our God, Incomprehensible One,
     Your sacrament of suffering,
     the mystery of pain,
     has burst into our lives.

We have been offered the cup of bitterness.
So that we may share in the sorrow of Your Daughter, Eve,
and so help to heal
the sickness of our planet.

We thank You
For this opportunity to explore,
With those around us and with all the world,
the puzzle of pain.

May we only seek the fullness of life,
     not rejecting the element of pain
     inherent of growth
     and essential in each search for wholeness.

We, as disciples of Christ,
     follow in the footsteps of the Suffering Saviour,
     asking that this pain
     have special meaning for us and for all the earth.

Blessed are You,
Lord our God
Who shares pain and suffering as part of 
The mystery of life.

In Ave Maria's name, amen.
In Suffering Saviour's name, amen.