Death is approaching.
It may come very soon.
Life slips away, because of a virus
I look around and see so much care,
In the hospital and at home.
I long for this suffering to end.
Let love be our strength
Our love for one another
And God’s love for all of us
Let this time remind us again
Of how helpless we can be,
How helpless we are,
Unless we allow God to help us.
I turn to him,
and ask for protection, and life and healing.
Lord, I see your mother and our mother,
in the midst of all of this,
accompanying some on their journey home to you,
taking others by the hand and restoring them to their families.
She can do this because she is full of your love.
I see Mary, pondering all that is happening
And I hear her saying for all of us, let your will be done.

Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou amongst women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.