A Prayer for Receiving the COVID Vaccine

Editor’s note: This poem by Rabbi Naomi Levy was submitted by LW contributor Carol Levine.

“I have been praying for this day and now it is here!

With great excitement, a touch of trepidation And with deep gratitude I give thanks To all the scientists who toiled day and night So that I might receive this tiny vaccination That will protect me and all souls around this world.

With the pandemic still raging I am blessed to do my part to defeat it.

Let this be the beginning of a new day, A new time of hope, of joy, of freedom And most of all, of health.

I thank You, God, for blessing me with life For sustaining my life And for enabling me to reach this awe-filled moment.

Amen”