Burn Awareness Week is observed the first full week in February
God of all creation,
we are forever grateful to you for your many gifts to us.
Among these gifts, we welcome all the sources which bring warmth to our lives.
Sometimes your gifts can harm us, Father,
harm us when we least expect or do not pay them sufficient attention.
Heat in particular can hurt us and cause great pain and suffering.
Help our healthcare team to use all of the talents you have given us
to bring healing to all those who come to our Burn Unit with such pain in their lives.
Strengthen and console them and their families as they seek to be restored to wholeness.
In the name of your Son, Jesus Christ, we pray, and in the power of your all-healing Spirit,
God forever.
Amen.
Ministry Prayers of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System Authored by Jim Schellman, VP Mission, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center and the Acadiana Region of South-Central Louisiana