Psalm 41:3 says, "The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness." This Bible verse encapsulates what faith in God can provide in the toughest of times: comfort, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." While these prayers for healing can be an important part of your toolkit, it's essential to find other ...

The book that the bishops are voting to create will be a compilation of those prayers, drawn from multiple sources traditionally used in ministry to the sick. Only priests are allowed to perform the ...

Last week I wrote about Vickie, a parishioner who recently died of cancer. I talked about her journey to faith, and how that faith ultimately buoyed her and others during her illness. Something I didn ...

Father Andrew Menke, executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Divine Worship, said that he hopes the potential new prayer book will be helpful for laypeople who want to minister to the ...

Q: I have a job where I’m exposed to much sadness. I do everything I can to alleviate the darkness which surrounds so many of my patients and families, but often I feel helpless that I can’t do more, ...

“Thy name is my healing, O my God,” begins a commonly recited Baha’i healing prayer. While the Baha’i faith has many revealed prayers for healing, it also counsels its followers to consult ...

Maimonides said it plainly: “there is health and illness to the soul, just as there is health and illness for the body has health and gets sick.” (Shemoneh Perakim 3) And there’s a prayer for that.

With tears, song and dance, dozens of people participated in the annual Miracle Prayer Walk on Saturday, an event focused on healing sick Rochester residents. The group walked for two hours, from Mayo ...

Last week I wrote about Vickie, a parishioner who recently died of cancer. I talked about her journey to faith, and how that faith ultimately buoyed her and others during her illness. Something I didn ...