May you desire to be healed. May what is wounded in your life be restored to good health. May you be receptive to the ways in which healing needs to happen. May you take good care of yourself. May you extend compassion to all that hurts within your body, mind, and spirit. May you be patient with the time it takes to heal. May you be aware of the wonders of your body, mind, and spirit and their ability in returning you to good health....
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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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From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.” Then the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died....
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Lord Jesus, you are the master of life and death. Everything I have is yours, and I love you very deeply. Just one touch from you restores the sick, heals the broken, and transforms the darkness. Only you can do this. Only you. So I ask that you would be with (name/s) right now: May he sense your presence. May she feel your power. May he know your love. May they body be overwhelmed; With light and truth; With healing and wellness....
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[We recommend that you set aside a good bit of time in a quiet place to pray for inner healing. This process can’t be rushed. It is usually helpful if you have someone to pray along with you—a trained counselor or minister, someone who knows a bit about healing prayer, or simply a friend who knows Jesus and wants to help you. It is not mandatory, but it can be helpful. Read through this entire process before you begin.] When we are in...
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O Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need: We ask you to behold, visit, and relieve your sick servant for whom our prayers are desired. Look upon him with the eyes of your mercy: comfort him with a sense of your goodness; preserve him from the temptations of the enemy; and give him patience under his affliction. In your good time, restore him to health, and enable him to lead the residue of his life in...
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Liturgy of the Holy Spirit Hold fast to the unity of the Spirit in the bonds of Heaven’s peace. We are bound together by the love of Christ. Prayer for faith Heal the sick, raise the dead, cure those with leprosy, cast out demons. Anything is possible if a person believes. Help us grow our confidence in your power. Jesus, you laid hands on the sick and they were healed. You said: The one who believes in me will also do the works...
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Heavenly Father, I call on you right now in a special way. It is through your power that I was created. Every breath I take, every morning I wake, And every moment of every hour, I live under your power. Father, I ask you now to touch me with that same power: For if you created me from nothing, You can certainly recreate me. Fill me with the healing power of your Spirit. Cast out anything that should not be in me. Mend what is...
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Once you’ve heard a child cry out to Heaven for help, and go unanswered, nothing’s ever the same again. Nothing. Even God changes. But there is a healing hand at work that cannot be deflected from its purpose. I just can’t make sense of it, other than to cry. Those tears are part of what it is to be a monk. Out there, in the world, it can be very cold. It seems to be about luck, good and bad, and the distribution is...
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I cry out to you to hear me, to stretch your arms of compassion to me and to embrace me with your comfort. My being needs to be filled with your spiritual energy. I am weary with the struggle to feel well and to be in good health. It is so easy to slide into depression and self-pity, to be impatient and despondent. God of the living, hear me. Fill my empty places with hope. Fill my life with a sense of joy in spite of this...
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Christ, give me strength; your servant is not well. The tongue that praised you is made silent, Struck dumb by the pain of sickness. I cannot bear not to sing your praises. O, make me well again, make me whole, That I may again proclaim your greatness. Do not forsake me, I beseech you. Let me return now to your service. Amen. (Gregory of...
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Lord, I come before you today in need of your healing hand. In you all things are possible. Hold my heart within yours, and renew my mind, body, and soul. I am lost, but I am singing. You give us life, and you also give us the gift of infinite joy. Give me the strength to move forward on the path you’ve laid out for me. Guide me towards better health, and give me the wisdom to identify those you’ve placed around me to...
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Lord Jesus Christ, you are the only source of health for the living, and you promise eternal life to the dying. I entrust myself to your holy will. If you wish me to stay longer in this world, I pray that you will heal me of my present sickness. If you wish me to leave this world, I readily lay aside this mortal body, in the sure hope of receiving an immortal body which shall enjoy everlasting health. I ask only that you relieve me of...
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Watch, dear Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, and let your angels protect those who sleep. Tend the sick. Refresh the weary. Sustain the dying. Calm the suffering. Pity the distressed. We ask this for the sake of your love....
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O Holy Spirit who dost delve into all things, even the deep things of God and the deep things of man, we pray thee to penetrate the springs of personality of all who are sick in mind, to bring them cleansing, healing, and unity. Sanctify all memory, dispel all fear, bring them to love thee with all their mind and will, that they may be made whole and glorify thee for ever. We ask this in the name of him who cast out devils and healed...
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Almighty and everlasting God, As sick, we come to the physician of life; As unclean, to the fountain of mercy; As blind, to the light of eternal splendour; As needy, to the Lord of Heaven and Earth; As naked, to the King of Glory. Heal us and make us whole we pray. Amen....
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Prayer One Heavenly Father, giver of life and health: Comfort and relieve your sick servants, and give your power of healing to those who minister to their needs, that those for whom our prayers are offered may be strengthened in their weakness and have confidence in your loving care; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. Prayer Two Lord, you have taught me...
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Just as day declines to evening, so often after some little pleasure my heart declines into depression. Everything seems dull, every action feels like a burden. If anyone speaks, I scarcely listen. If anyone knocks, I scarcely hear. My heart is as hard as flint. Then I go out into the field to meditate, to read the holy scriptures, and I write down my deepest thoughts in a letter to you. And suddenly your grace, dear Jesus, shatters...
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Almighty and merciful Father, by the power of your command, cut off all forms of sickness and disease, restoring strength to my body and joy to my spirit, so that in renewed health, I may bless and serve you forevermore. Lord Jesus Christ, place your redeeming cross between me and all evil; cover me with your precious blood. Guard and protect me and my loved ones from all sickness, harm, and accidents. Come, Holy Spirit, renew me,...
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