A Catholic Hospital Prayer Book

About this book

When illness brings fear, waiting, pain, or uncertainty, even a few words of prayer can become a lifeline.A Catholic Hospital Prayer Book is a large-print bedside companion for Catholic patients, families, visitors, caregivers, chaplains, priests, deacons, and Eucharistic ministers. Written with reverence, tenderness, and practical clarity, it gathers prayers, Scripture passages, traditional devotions, and the intercession of the saints for the real moments of a hospital stay.This book is for the patient who is afraid before surgery, waiting for test results, enduring treatment, recovering slowly, lying awake at night, or feeling too weak to pray. It is also for the family member keeping watch, the visitor who does not know what to say, and the caregiver who wants to bring comfort without empty words.Inside, readers will find: prayers for fear, healing, pain, peace of mind, surgery, scans, treatment, recovery, and long nights traditional Catholic prayers in large print, including the Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, Act of Contrition, Memorare, Hail Holy Queen, Anima Christi, and more Scripture passages for comfort, courage, trust, and perseverance prayers asking the intercession of Our Lady, St. Joseph, St. Raphael, St. Luke, St. Camillus, St. Peregrine, St. Dymphna, St. Bernadette, St. Thérèse, St. Padre Pio, St. Gianna, and St. John Paul II guidance for asking for a priest, Confession, Holy Communion, and the Anointing of the Sick prayers for spouses, parents, adult children, nurses, caregivers, families, and visitors visitor message pages for leaving words of love, prayer, and encouragement at the bedside This book does not promise physical healing or replace medical care, pastoral guidance, or the sacraments of the Church. It is a devotional companion: a quiet, Catholic presence for moments when the heart is tired, the body is weak, and the soul needs words to place itself again in God's hands.For hospital rooms, waiting rooms, recovery beds, bedside tables, parish care ministries, chaplaincy visits, and families walking with someone they love.