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A Prayer before I Visit

This article explores the potential of prayer to set the tone and intention for a pastoral care visit.  After considering variables that effectively might inform one's choice of prayer, the author hones in on virtues and benefits in recitation of the "Shema" prayer.  The brief prayer affirms that the God who is-was-will be is within me, between us, around us, eternally present and eternally unfolding. In its affirmation of Oneness, the Shema reinforces a belief that: “I am not alone prior to my stepping into this visit, we will not be alone during the encounter itself, and you will not be alone after we part.”