For Those Who Are Suffering

Gracious and loving God, hear our intercessions for those who are suffering from physical pain and those who are suffering from loneliness, fruistration, unkindness, or some other cause.  Gve them the  comforting assuirance that all will be well with them and theirs; grant them the grace to forget self in the daily service of others, making their difficulties less cumbersom and easier to bear.  Teach us all anew that it is in losing our lives in the service of others that we find our highest joy.  In Jesus' Name we pray.  Amen.