Prayers for Mental Health
A Prayer When Life Feels Unbearable
A contemporary pastoral prayer for moments of despair, grounded in Christ's own agony in Gethsemane and cry of abandonment from the cross.
Lord, I have reached the end of what I can carry.
I do not have words to make this sound better than it is.
Meet me here, in the place I would not have chosen and cannot escape.
Keep me safe tonight.
Put someone in my path who will listen.
Hold me to this life, which is yours and not only mine,
until the light comes back.
Jesus, who wept and sweat blood and cried out from the cross — you know this place. Stay with me. Amen.
Contemporary pastoral prayer
About the prayer
Please reach out for help as well as prayer: in the United States, call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline; elsewhere, contact your local emergency number or crisis line.
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