Health & Healing
Prayer for Healing
For body, mind, and spirit to be made whole.
This is a prayer for healing — gathered for the moments when you need the right words. Below you'll find 5 traditions side by side, with scripture, a short note on each, and a few situational prayers for everyday use.
Compiled by the editors of A Prayer for Everything · Updated April 2026
Why pray this prayer
When you search for a prayer for healing, you're rarely looking for theology — you're looking for words to carry something heavy. Naming what you feel, out loud or in silence, is itself an act of trust: that someone is listening, that the situation is not yours alone to fix.
The prayers below have been used by people in the same place you are now — frightened, hopeful, grieving, grateful, uncertain. Pick the one that meets you today. You can pray word-for-word, paraphrase it, or let a single line become your own.
Christian Prayers for Healing
Drawn from the Christian tradition, grounded in the Hebrew and Greek scriptures and the prayer life of the church.
A Prayer for Healing
Heavenly Father, You are the great Physician. Lay Your hand upon me as You did the suffering long ago. Drive out the sickness, calm the trembling, and let Your healing light fill every part of me. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Jewish Prayers for Healing
Drawn from the Jewish tradition, rooted in Tanakh, the Siddur, and centuries of rabbinic prayer.
A Prayer for Healing
Mi Shebeirach — May the One who blessed our ancestors bless and heal me. Send me a complete healing of body and a complete healing of soul, together with all who suffer, swiftly and soon. Amen.
Islamic Prayers for Healing
Drawn from the Islamic tradition of duʿāʾ, with reference to the Qur'an and the prayers of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
A Prayer for Healing
O Allah, Lord of the people, remove the suffering and heal me. You are the Healer; there is no healing but Yours, a healing that leaves behind no ailment. Ameen.
Multi-faith Prayers for Healing
Written in plain, universal language so it can be prayed by anyone, in any tradition or none.
A Prayer for Healing
Source of all life, restore what is wounded in me. Where there is pain, bring relief. Where there is fear, bring peace. Where there is weariness, bring rest. Make me whole again, in body, mind, and spirit. Amen.
Secular Prayers for Healing
Written for those who pray without a religious framework — words for reflection, intention, and care.
A Prayer for Healing
May my body find its balance. May my mind find its quiet. May the people around me carry what I cannot, and may I, in time, return the kindness.
How to pray this prayer
- Find a quiet moment. Even 60 seconds is enough — first thing in the morning, last thing at night, or any pause in the day.
- Read the prayer once silently. Notice which line catches you. That line is yours today.
- Pray it aloud. Speaking the words — even in a whisper — makes the prayer feel less like reading and more like asking.
- Sit quietly for a moment after. Don't rush. Let the words settle. If a name or a face comes to mind, hold it there before you go on with your day.
When this prayer feels hard
Some days the words come easily. Other days you'll open this page and the prayer will feel hollow, or unanswered, or like you're talking to the ceiling. That doesn't mean you're praying wrong. It means you're a person.
When the prayer feels hard, try shortening it — even one honest line ("help me," "I don't understand," "thank you") is a complete prayer. If you're angry, pray angrily. If you're numb, pray the words anyway and let them do the work your feelings can't right now. Faith isn't measured by how the prayer feels in your mouth.