this is an interfaith healing ceremony.,...feel free to use it. just give me the proper credit. it is my words, errors and all
SERVICE OF HEALING
M = Minister; C = Congregation;
________________________________________
As the service commences, we quietly sit in meditation.
Solar Energizing Meditation
Find a comfortable position. Breathe in slowly. Close your eyes. Relax your body, beginning with your face; imagine the breath traveling throughout your entire body. Allow your breath to relax your forehead, relaxing all your tissues, and slowly working its way down to your feet.
As your entire body relaxes, focus your attention around you. Imagine yourself standing outside in a bright sunny day. Let the warm sun cover you from head to toe, making you feel warm and very calm.
Allow this gentle warmness of the sun massages your arms and hands, making them feel very light and airy. Move the sun’s energy down your chest and into your stomach; making this area feel very peaceful and calm.
Now take another deep breathe, again feel the warmness traveling down your entire body. Focus your attention on the back of your spine. Imagine the energy of the sun working its way down your spine.
Feel the energy of the sun in the spine spreading out throughout your body.
Allow your spine to become long, and extend downward. Feel the energy traveling down your spine and down to your toes. As your body is covered with sunlight, imagine all things you wish to energize in your life. Just imagine whatever it is you need revived and let the sun infuse with energy.
Once more let the sun light cover your body, giving you endurance and vitality. Feel yourself become alive and awake with the sun’s energy.
Now, just relax and enjoy the energy vibrating throughout your entire body. Breathe in deeply and repeat the process of energy moving throughout your body. Now on the count of 3 slowly open your eyes, 1, 2, 3,
Minister: Peace and love be with you, from Mother Goddess, the Protectress, and Guardian
C : And also with you.
M: Give thanks to the Mother Goddess, who is good, whose mercy lasts forever!
C: They cried to the Mother Goddess in times of trouble, and she rescued them
M: Mother Goddess sent forth healing and save them from despair.
C: Mother Goddess sustains them on their sick-bed, and serves them during illness.
M: Mother Goddess is my strength and my song, and has become my light.
All : Give thanks to the Mother Goddess who is good, whose mercy lasts forever!
All sit.
A poem is read to inspire and invoke the energy of healing
A cure for the broken
A word for the lonely
A light for the darkness
That consumes us
Let our eyes open
To witness the beginning
Of a new day
A Prayer is spoken responsively. All pray together.
Great Mother Goddess
For your mercy we seek
the tools and wisdom
to heal through these times
let our hearts, mind and bodies
become the instruments
of balance and perfect harmony
A brief sermon on healing:
Helper asking for Help (Poem)
In this room of darkness –
I seek the answers
I look for light
But I stumble to find
The words
I know not how to ask
For guidance –
I’ve been the light for others
Now I’m lost
I pray for a kind soul
That sees through me
But I’ve buried myself
So deeply in others –
That I’ve lost myself
I pray
Find me
Let me know what to do
Let me see clearly
So I can continue to serve....
Many of us find ourselves constantly involved in helping others. Either we serve as helpers in the form of being parents, friends, good neighbor or spouse. However, as we often help others, we forget to help ourselves until we encounter some type of illness that forces us to look at ourselves. Let us remember to always keep a balance between helping others and helping ourselves. Remember, if we are not healthy we are often useless to serve.
The Litany of Healing.
M: For those suffering from illness: grant the power, to turn sickness into health and sorrow into joy.
C : Heal us, and make us whole, Mother Goddess
M: For those in suffering distress, sorrow or pain: grant mercy, relief and a renewed life. Help them find in their strength and calm.
C : Heal us, and make us whole, Mother Goddess
M: For those who serve to heal others: bless and guide them through their work. Grant them wisdom and skill, sympathy and patience in working with others.
C : Heal us, and make us whole, Mother Goddess
M: For family and friends: grant them resilience, patience and faithfulness. Let you love and light guide them through times of darkness.
C: Heal us, and make us whole, Mother Goddess
M: For the dying: grant them peace and a holy death. For their loved ones: grant them Your Spirit's grace and comfort.
C: Heal us, and make us whole, Mother Goddess
M: For those who are broken within: mend their broken lives, and create new beginnings. Give comfort to the worried, direction to the confused, serenity to the angry and your love to the lonely.
C : Heal us, and make us whole, Mother Goddess
M : Let us offer our prayers by name before Mother Goddess
At this point, those at worship can offer their prayers aloud by just giving names, or by giving asking specifically what is being prayed for.
Minister shall close with this prayer:
Divine Goddess
forever guardian of those that seek her wisdom
hear us on behalf of those who are ill
with your blessings and guidance
restore health upon them
allow them to be in complete balance
So blessings be
Laying On of Hands/Reiki treatments
The Minister laid both hands on each person's head, and say:
M: I lay hands on you in the Name of the Mother Goddess asking her that your body and spirit be made whole, that you be granted the victory of wellness and peace that will empower you to serve her.
Person: Amen.
Members who do not come forward pray silently for those who do come forward.
At the completion of the laying of hands the people who came forward return to their seats.
Closing blessing
M: Go forth into this broken and hurting world with the blessing of the Mother Goddess Go forth and bring healing with you wherever you go!
C : So be it
Music is played
© copy write 2008 Rev.R..Castro
SERVICE OF HEALING
M = Minister; C = Congregation;
________________________________________
As the service commences, we quietly sit in meditation.
Solar Energizing Meditation
Find a comfortable position. Breathe in slowly. Close your eyes. Relax your body, beginning with your face; imagine the breath traveling throughout your entire body. Allow your breath to relax your forehead, relaxing all your tissues, and slowly working its way down to your feet.
As your entire body relaxes, focus your attention around you. Imagine yourself standing outside in a bright sunny day. Let the warm sun cover you from head to toe, making you feel warm and very calm.
Allow this gentle warmness of the sun massages your arms and hands, making them feel very light and airy. Move the sun’s energy down your chest and into your stomach; making this area feel very peaceful and calm.
Now take another deep breathe, again feel the warmness traveling down your entire body. Focus your attention on the back of your spine. Imagine the energy of the sun working its way down your spine.
Feel the energy of the sun in the spine spreading out throughout your body.
Allow your spine to become long, and extend downward. Feel the energy traveling down your spine and down to your toes. As your body is covered with sunlight, imagine all things you wish to energize in your life. Just imagine whatever it is you need revived and let the sun infuse with energy.
Once more let the sun light cover your body, giving you endurance and vitality. Feel yourself become alive and awake with the sun’s energy.
Now, just relax and enjoy the energy vibrating throughout your entire body. Breathe in deeply and repeat the process of energy moving throughout your body. Now on the count of 3 slowly open your eyes, 1, 2, 3,
Minister: Peace and love be with you, from Mother Goddess, the Protectress, and Guardian
C : And also with you.
M: Give thanks to the Mother Goddess, who is good, whose mercy lasts forever!
C: They cried to the Mother Goddess in times of trouble, and she rescued them
M: Mother Goddess sent forth healing and save them from despair.
C: Mother Goddess sustains them on their sick-bed, and serves them during illness.
M: Mother Goddess is my strength and my song, and has become my light.
All : Give thanks to the Mother Goddess who is good, whose mercy lasts forever!
All sit.
A poem is read to inspire and invoke the energy of healing
A cure for the broken
A word for the lonely
A light for the darkness
That consumes us
Let our eyes open
To witness the beginning
Of a new day
A Prayer is spoken responsively. All pray together.
Great Mother Goddess
For your mercy we seek
the tools and wisdom
to heal through these times
let our hearts, mind and bodies
become the instruments
of balance and perfect harmony
A brief sermon on healing:
Helper asking for Help (Poem)
In this room of darkness –
I seek the answers
I look for light
But I stumble to find
The words
I know not how to ask
For guidance –
I’ve been the light for others
Now I’m lost
I pray for a kind soul
That sees through me
But I’ve buried myself
So deeply in others –
That I’ve lost myself
I pray
Find me
Let me know what to do
Let me see clearly
So I can continue to serve....
Many of us find ourselves constantly involved in helping others. Either we serve as helpers in the form of being parents, friends, good neighbor or spouse. However, as we often help others, we forget to help ourselves until we encounter some type of illness that forces us to look at ourselves. Let us remember to always keep a balance between helping others and helping ourselves. Remember, if we are not healthy we are often useless to serve.
The Litany of Healing.
M: For those suffering from illness: grant the power, to turn sickness into health and sorrow into joy.
C : Heal us, and make us whole, Mother Goddess
M: For those in suffering distress, sorrow or pain: grant mercy, relief and a renewed life. Help them find in their strength and calm.
C : Heal us, and make us whole, Mother Goddess
M: For those who serve to heal others: bless and guide them through their work. Grant them wisdom and skill, sympathy and patience in working with others.
C : Heal us, and make us whole, Mother Goddess
M: For family and friends: grant them resilience, patience and faithfulness. Let you love and light guide them through times of darkness.
C: Heal us, and make us whole, Mother Goddess
M: For the dying: grant them peace and a holy death. For their loved ones: grant them Your Spirit's grace and comfort.
C: Heal us, and make us whole, Mother Goddess
M: For those who are broken within: mend their broken lives, and create new beginnings. Give comfort to the worried, direction to the confused, serenity to the angry and your love to the lonely.
C : Heal us, and make us whole, Mother Goddess
M : Let us offer our prayers by name before Mother Goddess
At this point, those at worship can offer their prayers aloud by just giving names, or by giving asking specifically what is being prayed for.
Minister shall close with this prayer:
Divine Goddess
forever guardian of those that seek her wisdom
hear us on behalf of those who are ill
with your blessings and guidance
restore health upon them
allow them to be in complete balance
So blessings be
Laying On of Hands/Reiki treatments
The Minister laid both hands on each person's head, and say:
M: I lay hands on you in the Name of the Mother Goddess asking her that your body and spirit be made whole, that you be granted the victory of wellness and peace that will empower you to serve her.
Person: Amen.
Members who do not come forward pray silently for those who do come forward.
At the completion of the laying of hands the people who came forward return to their seats.
Closing blessing
M: Go forth into this broken and hurting world with the blessing of the Mother Goddess Go forth and bring healing with you wherever you go!
C : So be it
Music is played
© copy write 2008 Rev.R..Castro
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