This is the Gift Edition of the Interfaith Resources Book of Comfort and Healing Book. It is perfect bound and a nice book edition of our widely distributed booklet.
About the Contents: If you or someone you love is facing difficult health issues, you will find this compilation of over 200 short prayers and quotations from ten different faith traditions a source of great comfort and encouragement. Originally compiled for use in hospital chapels, over 60,000 of the Give-Away edition are in print.
Organized by subject rather than by religion, headings include: God Can Help Us, God Loves Us, God Protects Us, God Heals Us, God Calls Us Home and God Comforts Us – along with several others. Prayers include categories of: prayers for assistance, guidance, forgiveness, healing, prayers for the departed, prayers for serenity, and more.
Faith traditions represented include Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, the Sufis and the Bahá’ís, plus some Interfaith prayers. This book makes a wonderful gift for family and friends of any faith – whether they are facing a long-term illness or are just temporarily under the weather.
About this larger GIFT EDITION: The original edition was designed to be given away for free to patients and in chapels. This edition is the better choice as a special gift for students, clergy, and close friends. It is also what you will want for yourself, to keep on your bookshelf for easy reference. It has 96 pages instead of 64, larger type that is easier for older people to read, and decorative borders that give it that “gift book” feel. It also has square binding instead of a staple to give it a more finished look. This Second Edition now has the title printed on the spine and the text is printed in dark blue, making it both prettier and easier to read. It is also offset printed instead of Print On Demand. This allows us to sell it for 40% less than the previous edition.
This booklet coordinates well with our Interfaith Prayer for Healing Bookmarks.
Note: If you represent a hospital gift shop and would like to receive a sample copy or receive a PDF file of the contents for review purposes, please contact us. If you have purchased one in the past, please feel free to leave a review.
Nora –
I have suffered from a genetic illness since my birth 55 years ago. I have beaten countless odds and made liars of many people who predicted my passing, including members of the medical profession.
But clearly God has a plan for me and I keep bouncing back. Recently I was guided to your booklet of prayers and inspirations from many faiths. It has become one more of the bounties and bestowals God showers on me. I have been reading it, sometimes with joy and laughter and sometimes with tears and a breaking heart but always I am comforted and inspired. And renewed, strengthened in my faith. Magnified in my love of God. Lead, encouraged and confirmed on my path and in His plan.
Thank you. For helping me to keep lifting my eyes, turning my face towards God, singing His Glories and for being among the ranks of those with whom He assists.
Rev. Joe Holguin, MDiv –
Every day I visit men, women, and children who are in need of comfort and healing. The title of this interfaith piece, “Book of Comfort & Healing,” is readily accepted by the patients and families I attend to as a chaplain. The prayers and inspiration from several faiths enhance my ministry and enable me to bring comfort and healing to others here at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center/Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach. “This is just what I was looking for,” and ” This will help me a great deal,” are just a couple of comments I have heard from some patients. Thank you.
DIANE CHURCH –
I have only skimmed through this booklet, but I think it will be helpful to share with friends who are suffering and in need of help.
Donna Tawse –
KAREN WATT –
This book provides a broad brush, painting the moral values of all faith traditions as worthy of study and juxtaposition with each other- creating bridges of commonality and respect