A PRAYER FOR HELP IN DEALING WITH PAIN.

THE DRAGON IN THE CAVE OF FLESH.  

I feel a dragon has been using my body as his den.

His snorting and convulsions are painful to me.

And the pain has taken me to the brink of hopelessness.

Please help me, Lord, in any of these ways:

May the dragon leave my body, on a whim.

May his visits become shorter.

May I learn that he can be tolerated if only I can gain the strength to tame him.

May my rescuers work well and drive the dragon from my body, with God's blessing.

May I understand at last that there was never any dragon - it was only one part of my body

sending to another part of my body urgent messages in my sickness. (Sicily, Italy)