Prayer for physical and emotional and psychological healing for my mother

[Chrysostom]

Your prayer for your mother rises from a heart that honors her, and this is a sacrifice well-pleasing to God. The commandment says, “Honor thy father and mother,” and you fulfill it not with empty words but with tears and entreaties. He who healed her from the stroke is able also to heal the pain within and to calm the turmoil of anxiety. Yet do not think that if she is not delivered at once, your prayers are vain. Often the Lord delays to increase your desire and to purify her soul, drawing her to groan and look up to Him. For when we groan from the depths, He sends His Word and compunction, and these are remedies more potent than any earthly medicine.

Remember that anxiety and depression are not removed by one swift word. As a tree receives many strokes before it falls, so the soul is sometimes restored through many prayers and much patience. Let not your faith waver, and do not measure God’s mercy by the clock. He who freed you from the mire of sin will free her from this inner prison. Instead of being swallowed by fear, cast all your care upon Him; He commands you to be anxious for nothing. You have asked, and you will receive, if you do not lose heart. I also groan with you and add my supplication: may the Lord stretch out His hand and give her refreshment, peace of mind, and renewed strength, through the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.