An Old Jewish Ritual for Sufferers

Mishnah Middot 2:2 

All who entered the Temple Mount entered by the right and went round to the right and went out by the left, save for one to whom something had happened, who entered and went round to the left. Each one going around to the left was asked: “Why do you go round to the left?” If he answered, “Because I am a mourner,” they said to him, “May He who dwells in this house comfort you.” If he answered, “Because I am excommunicated”, they said: “May He who dwells in this house inspire them to draw you near again,” in the words of Rabbi Meir. But Rabbi Yose said to him: you make it seem as if they treated him unjustly. Rather they should say: “May He who dwells in this house inspire you to listen to the words of your colleagues so that they may draw you near again.”