Prayers for Mental Health
A Prayer in Depression
A contemporary pastoral prayer in the tradition of Psalm 42 and 88 — psalms the Church has always kept in its prayer book precisely because they end without resolution.
God, I cannot feel you, and I am praying anyway.
The weight has not lifted. The days blur. What used to bring me joy asks more of me than I have.
I am not asking you to explain it. I am asking you to stay.
Be the floor beneath me when I cannot stand.
Give me one hour at a time, one small mercy at a time.
Send me people who will not flinch, and give me the courage to let them close.
Hold my life for me until I can hold it again. Amen.
Contemporary pastoral prayer in the tradition of Psalm 42
About the prayer
Faith does not require feeling. If you are struggling, please also reach out to a doctor, counselor, or pastor; in the United States you can call or text 988 at any hour.
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