Professional Caregiver’s Prayer When Someone in Our Care Has Passed Away
Rabbi Pam
Jun 30, 2023
1 min read
Updated: Apr 8
This caregiver’s prayer is adapted from a prayer circulated in the 1990s by the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, called Ruach Ami at the time. beginning in the 1990s.
Go has given, and God has taken away, blessed be the name of God.
May it be your will, O God to provide eternal rest and peace to the soul of ______________.
Help _______________ pass gently to the world to come; enfold _______________ with Your love.
Although I knew __________________ for only a short time, I truly cared for him/her. My heart grieves for his/her passing.
Be with the family and friends who are in need of strength in their sadness. And give me strength to continue my work of compassion and goodness toward other people under my care. Help me to grow in wisdom and judgment. And help me remember to be humble amidst the holy moments of life and death.