Prayer for the Alexian Order

Merciful and faithful God,

we give thanks to You for the Alexian Brothers, who for eight hundred years have been carrying the signs of Your love to the elderly, the sick, and those marginalized by society. Bless each member of their order, give them physical and spiritual strength, perseverance, and peace in their service. Strengthen all those who help them with their work, prayers, and sacrifices, so that together they may be instruments of hope and mercy. Grant, Lord, that the ministry begun eight centuries ago may remain a living source today and continue to reach out in the future to those who are most in need of love and the protection of human dignity. Send new vocations to their communities: young people with open hearts and mature souls who hear your call and joyfully offer their lives to the service of the suffering and abandoned.

Mary, Healer of the Sick, and all the saints who have walked the path of mercy, intercede for them, that their lives may be a witness to the world.

Amen.