Merciful God in heaven, we are facing the most grave danger to our beloved India and to humankind, the latest and very grave pandemic situation caused by the coronavirus. We pray for your kind intervention to be with us and save us.

First of all, we pray for your Divine Forgiveness for humankind. In your forgiving love, forgive us all our sins.

We are in fear and gloom, we are helpless. Turn our hearts to you. Calm our fear and desperation. Strengthen us and give us hope, show us light and direction.

We pray for those afflicted all over the world, specially for those in India, in Bengal, in Calcutta. Heal them all Loving and Merciful God. Please protect the others. Help each of us to be responsible to use masks and sanitisers, maintain needed distance, follow other directions and thus avoid community transmission all over.

Loving God, give wisdom and guidance to the scientists doing research that they may soon develop many more effective vaccines and medicines to combat the sickness speedily and properly. Let these be easily available at an affordable price for all to use.

We pray to you to save the lives of those in grave danger. Please help to ease the acute shortage of oxygen, beds, medicines and other essential materials.

Bless and give courage, protection and comfort to all those directly helping and battling in this field all over the world, specially in India and in Calcutta, very specially the doctors, nurses, medical workers and those working along with them in various responsibilities, doing their best to save us by risking their own lives. Bless and protect their families. Also bless and protect the civic and others workers and those working in crematoriums, burial grounds and the likes. Bless and protect their family members.

Also bless and protect the government personnel, civic and all other workers and those associated with them, the police and administration, those running the transport, those in sale and distribution of various goods and materials and those in essential services and the likes. Also bless and protect the poor, helpless, those without food, money and shelter, those who have lost their jobs. Those Indians who are abroad, help them to be safe there and have needed food, shelter and medicine.

Bless all the leaders of our country, all the government heads and administrations all over India. Guide them with your wisdom and hope so as to lead, protect and save the people of India.

Bless and protect and guide each one of us Indians, especially those of us in Bengal, in Calcutta, to be responsible to do our part sincerely and properly for the good of all.

Loving and Merciful God be with us all, at all times during this crisis and guide, protect and save us all.