St. David’s Episcopal Church 3951 Seneca Street West Seneca, New York 14224 716 674-4670 First Sunday of every month after each service Sacramental Healing (healing prayers) and anointing with Holy Oil. St. David’s Episcopal...
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The Mystery of Nothing In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. Creation. The next concept after time is creation. We are here at the beginning, and now creation begins. We tend to associate the concept of creation with the physical realm. We create things. The first few verses of the Bible make it clear that these words describe that what was being created was the physical world. Before this point in time (and we can...
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Our Lady Of Guadalupe Abbey Pecos, New Mexico Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey is an Olivetan Benedictine monastery located in the Pecos River Canyon 25 miles east of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. We offer group retreats and individual retreats, and spiritual direction. Everyone is welcome. Please visit us for a day, weekend or longer, or join one of our group retreats, a class from our School of Liturgical Arts, our School of Fine Arts. We...
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A few years ago, I began another course of chemotherapy. It began in mid-August. It wasn’t until the following mid-May that I could get up in the morning and stay conscious all day. It left me very weak. I could be active for a day, but then have to rest the next two or three days before I could be active again. After a few months of this semi-disabled state, I decided, as I have before in my life, to take my own healing...
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Each day choose one of the following healing or contemplation-in-action prayers and pray it for at least 10 minutes. These prayers are only suggestions. Perhaps you will find yourself drawn to pray what is in your heart using varied breathing, a symbol, a repeated word, a melody, a gesture, a drawing, or a piece of clay which you can mold. Although there are many prayers suggested, it would be best to pray only a few of them, parts...
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