How to properly pray for mom's health

Prayer for mom's health is not only an appeal to God with a request for health, but also a way to express love, gratitude and care for the closest person. The main thing is to pray with all your heart, with faith and love. All the details are in the Izvestia article

Why is it important to pray for Mom?

A mother is the most important person in everyone's life. It is no coincidence that one of the ten Commandments of the Lord is reserved for parents, priest Nikita Gorbik tells Izvestia.

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long on earth," says the fifth commandment.

— The first four commandments are given to people so that they regulate a person's attitude towards God, and the next six are given to us so that we regulate our attitude towards our neighbors. It is no coincidence that the first in the list of the second section of the commandments is about honoring parents," explains Gorbik.

According to him, honoring parents is not only about taking care of their condition and health, but also about their immortal soul. So, the priest advises to pray for parents, especially on Mother's Day and Father's Day. But he emphasizes that it is necessary to pray for parents throughout life.

How to pray for Mom properly

One should pray sincerely, from the bottom of one's heart, notes Priest Alvian Tkhelidze.

— Sometimes people ask me what is the most powerful prayer. Meaning that I will give them some special text. But prayer doesn't work that way. Prayer is not a spell, but a dialogue with God, with a living person. Therefore, the most powerful prayer is fervent prayer, from the heart," says the expert.

He says that you can pray for your mother's health in your own words or choose a prayer from a prayer book if it is in tune with a person's spiritual aspirations.

In Orthodox prayer books, there is a prayer "To the Savior for the health of the father and mother," says Priest Ilya Savastyanov. The specialist recommends using this text daily in home prayer.

On Mother's Day, Gorbik advises reading a prayer for parents to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

— It is very important, if the parents are baptized Orthodox Christians, to pray for their health, for the salvation of their souls, and to write notes for commemorations at the Divine Liturgy. Commemoration at the Divine Liturgy is the highest form of commemoration and prayer in the Orthodox Church," says the expert.

Prayers for the mother

Prayer for living parents:

"O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of the Lord Most High, the Quick-abiding Intercessor of all who run to You in faith, I beseech You: Your Son, that He may hear my prayer. Look down from the height of heaven and condescend to my tearful supplication. Forgive, O Lord, all the sins of my parents, voluntary and involuntary. Grant them, O Lord, Your forgiveness, both on earth and in heaven. Lengthen their eyelids for longevity and strengthen them in health and mind. Lord, how You love Your Mother and honor Your Father Yours. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen to that."

Prayer for the father and mother to the Lord:

"Lord and my God, Jesus Christ! Hear my prayer for my parents (names). Grant them unity of mind and love all the days of their lives. Strengthen their bodies in health, so that they may serve You with works of mercy and evangelical goodness. Teach me to always be obedient to my parents' word, deliver me from hypocrisy and deceit in dealing with them, and do not deprive us all of justification at the Last Judgment. Yours. Amen to that."