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Dear Heavenly Father

I thank You for the rest

you have given me

when I was weary with illness

Christ, the Forgiver

You were pierced

for our transgressions

and crushed for our iniquities

You have redeemed my life

from the darkest abyss

There is much pain in this life

but You have freed me

from suffering

I will do God's work

while I am still here

but I eagerly await the day

when sorrow, pain,

death and sin

will pass away