The ministry of healing in the context of the liturgy

Notes: The author, an Anglican parish priest and member of the Order of St. Luke, an organization which promotes the Church's ministry of healing, describes the weekly healing services he conducts, usually in the context of the Eucharist. "One major change I have been considering of late is to move the laying-on-of hands from after the communion to right after the Confession and Absolution and before the Eucharistic Prayer. I have always been troubled by the redundancy of administering the laying-on-of hands for healing immediately after the Sacrament of Communion which is also for healing ("... preserve they body and soul unto everlasting life", B.C.P., p. 84)." "One last thought: I do not normally anoint with oil during the service so as not to depreciate the Sacrament of Anointing by being too free with it. If a person asks for it ahead of time and comes prepared for it, and even if I receive a special request at the rail, I am happy to comply. I suspect there are those who

Subjects: Spiritual healing - Anglican Church of Canada; International Order of St. Luke the Physician (Canada); Healing - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Unction - Anglican Church of Canada; Imposition of hands - Anglican Church of Canada