PRAYER TO ST. JOSEMARIA ESCRIVA FOR DIABETES

O miraculous St. Josemaria Escriva, I come before you to seek your inspiration and strength in carrying this heavy burden of mine: my diabetes. If God allows it, I hope to be healed from this sickness through your powerful intercession. May you always lead me towards perseverance and fidelity in doing God's work every day. Let my weakness hinder me not from following God's footsteps. May I soon realize that the cross that I am carrying allows me to share in the sufferings of Christ. And in hope, I may also share His glory, together with you, in heaven. St. Josemaria Escriva, you yourself suffered from diabetes. You endured the tribulations and sacrifices of being diagnosed with this disease like mine. You bore it patiently and even embraced it as you continued on with your priestly ministry. Through God's intervention, you were miraculously healed from diabetes, for He had seen your unwavering faith in Him through Jesus on the cross and through your generous love and care for the poor. You embraced your cross, and it never hindered you in continuing to be an instrument of God's love and mercy on earth. I hope to obtain the necessary graces to lead a life like yours, O St. Josemaria Escriva. Help me to embrace my cross fully in leading a life worthy before the eyes of God. Allow my prayer for diabetics to console those who are carrying this sickness. May my prayer accompany them in their journey in life. May it inspire them to see their sufferings as sharing with the sufferings of Christ on the cross. Through your intercession, may you also grant them the graces they need to fully embrace the cross of their sickness. May they also lead a life worthy of God at the service of His people. Amen.

St. Josemaria Escriva, patron saint of diabetic patients, pray for us.