A prayer for someone with cancer

God, I bring you this cancer diagnosis and everything it has changed. Some days I have questions. Some days I am too tired to ask them. Please receive both my words and my silence.

I ask for healing and for care that treats me as a whole person. Give my medical team wisdom, and help me understand my choices. Bring relief when treatment is hard, rest when sleep is difficult and someone who listens when I need to speak honestly.

Help me accept practical help without feeling that I owe anyone a cheerful face. Give the people who care for me room to rest and to ask for support too. Let there be space for ordinary things: a meal, a familiar voice, a moment outside. When I feel reduced to a test result, remind me of the person I am beyond this illness. I place today's needs before you, along with the things I cannot yet put into words. Amen.