Prayer, therefore, is far from sweet and easy. Being the expression of our greatest love, it does not keep pain from us. Instead, it makes us suffer more since our love for God is a love for a suffering God and our entering into where all of human suffering is embraced in divine compassion.
-Henri Nouwen

In Honor of St. Luke
Almighty God, who inspired your servant Luke the physician to set forth in the Gospel the love and healing power of your Son: Graciously continue in your Church this love and power to heal, to the praise and glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.