Resources for the Elderly

A Prayer for the Elderly

A Blessing Prayer: All praise and glory is yours, Lord our God, for your have called us to serve you in love. Bless all who have grown old in your service and give them strength and courage to continue to follow Jesus your Son. Give grace to maintain hope in you through all of life’s changes and to taste and see Your goodness. Let us praise you for the gifts showered on us for so many years. Help us find joy in a renewed strength of spirit. For you are Lord, forever and ever, and we ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Bible Scriptures about the Elderly

Deuteronomy 32:7 “Remember the days of old, consider the years of generations past. Ask your father, he will inform you, your elders, they will tell you”

I Timothy 5:1 “Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as a father. Treat younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters with complete purity.”

Isaiah 46:4 “Even to your old age I am he,even when your hair is gray I will carry you; I have done this, and I will lift you up, I will carry you to safety.”

Other Resources

• • Resources for the Elderly from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • Letter of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to the Elderly, 1999
  • Blessings of Age Text from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • Pope Francis’ Address to the Pointifical Academy for Life….”Abandonment is the gravest sickness of the elderly, and also the greatest injustice they can suffer.”