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For the Acceptance of Prayer

Heavenly Father, you have promised to hear what we ask in the Name of your Son: Accept and fulfill our petitions, we pray, not as we ask in our ignorance, nor as we deserve in our sinfulness, but as you know and love us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Sickness & Healing

Ministry to the Sick

Lord Jesus Christ, heal this your servant, sustain him with your presence, drive away all sickness of body, mind, and spirit, and give to him that victory of life and peace which will enable him to serve you both now and evermore. Amen.

Found in the Prayer Book

  • Ministry To The SickMinistry to the Sick & Dying

Provenance

ACNA 2019

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

A healing prayer spoken directly to Christ over the sick, most often with laying on of hands or anointing with oil. It is younger than it sounds, dating only to the 1979 Book of Common Prayer.