Healing Service: Laying on of Hands and Anointing

The Healing Service at St. Benedict’s begins at 12:15 and ends at 12:30 every second and fourth Wednesday. All are welcome. One need not be a parishioner to attend. Also, one does not need to be ill to participate, nor does one need to identify one’s illness. Any who are concerned about their physical, mental or spiritual health are welcome to receive the laying on of hands and anointing with oil. We say the prayers while sitting. In receiving the laying on of hands and the anointing, we may either sit at our seat or come to the altar rail, where we can stand or kneel.

While each of us receives the laying on of hands and anointing, this is a corporal service. We all pray for one another’s healing.

Saint Benedict's Episcopal Church

Worship is like a drama: The clergy, ministers and musicians are the prompters, the people are the actors, and God is the audience.
- Søren Kierkegaard

At St Benedict we celebrate with awe and obligation in a construct called liturgy. Liturgy is a Greek word that means “the work of the people.” Our services are focused through scripture reading, song, prayers, preaching, and the liturgy of the table, known also as Holy Eucharist.