People of all faiths, please join me for this?

What a wonderful place to be and see the needs as you serve the Lord Christ and can intercede on their behalf~ surely you are there in behalf of Jesus and the Holy Spirit can give you the right words for each and every situation

Thank you....and I will. I have a sister who works in pediatric ICU...and it is terribly sad all year...but especially now.

You have a caring heart.

No.

Why waste the time. Studies have shown that prayer has no effect at all on people's outcome.

Face it, if prayer worked we would not need the doctors and the hospitals would we.

Be thankful that you live in a time where science has progressed far enough that these people are in ICU and CCU (That is usually Critical Care BTW, sometimes Coronary Care)

50 years ago most would be in the morgue by now. This is not thanks to god, but thanks to men, women and science.

If you want to help, campaign to keep religion out of the way of scientific research (like stem cell research) and let the doctors and nurses get the resources and research they need to help keep people out of the hospitals in the first place, and to help get people out of the morgues and into the ICUs and CCUs where they can leave the hospital standing up rather than in a pine box.

I appreciate your concern and kind-heart for the suffering people in Hospitals.

I will pray for them and for their families. Our Lord experienced the pains of human life and He is aware of the sorrows of humankind. He is able to heal any one for He is a heavenly doctor.

That is a beautiful thought. Remember that some of those recieving treatment will get better, thanks to the hard-working people who care for them. I know its hard, but you are so kind to do the work that you do.

The only way for any person to go to heaven is for them to believe that Jesus, who is God, died for our sins on the cross and rose again.

Praying is absolutely worthless, it may have a symbolic meaning but does nothing. I'll hope that they get through it okay. I think that some of the people in there might actually want to die. They might be living with something that causes them extreme pain. I wouldn't want to live with pain like that. I wouldn't want to be hooked up with a machine. In fact, I wouldn't mind dieing tomorrow. Dieing isn't a bad concept to me, its just where my conscious life ends, and I hope to rot in the ground (no embalming fluids, no casket etc. Just a natural burial, I want to give back) It really depends on the situation that they are in. If they want to die, I hope they die. If they want to live, I hope they live.

I refuse. I don't even have a faith. I would willingly share sympathy for those in the ICU and CCU, and their families, but I disagree with the fake hope that religion instills into those near death. It makes me think of religion as just a crutch for the handicap to lean upon, whether their infliction be physical, mental, or emotional.

I can't think of who said this quote... "Religion is like a cold drink on a hot day."