Compulsory Scripture
Learning Focus 1: Luke 15:11-32 The Prodigal Son (Used for Prayer Example)
Learning Focus 2: Mark 7:31-37 Jesus Cures a Deaf man
Learning Focus 3: James 5:13-20 Anointing of the sick
Church Documents
CCC 1420-1421 The Sacraments of Healing
CCC 1422-1424 What is this Sacrament Called?
CCC 1440-1449 The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
CCC 1450-1460 The Acts of the Penitent
CCC 1461-1467 The Minister of this Sacrament
CCC 1468-1470 The Effects of this Sacrament
CCC 1480-1484 The celebration of the Sacrament of Penance
CCC 1485-1490 In Brief
CCC 1420-1421 The Sacraments of Healing
CCC 1499 The Anointing of the Sick
CCC 1500-1513 Its foundations in the economy of salvation
CCC 1514-1516 Who receives and who administers this sacrament?
CCC 1517-1519 How is this sacrament celebrated?
CCC 1520-1523 The effects of celebration of this sacrament
KWL
Year 9 TKWL Chapter 9
Healing and Hope: The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
Year 9 TKWL Chapter 10
Healing and Hope: The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick
Prayer
| We Gather…as a community and prepare to hear the Word of God | Opening Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, out of loving mercy, you healed so many people. You opened the ears and loosened the tongue of the man who could not hear or speak. Open our ears anew this day, so that we might hear your Word. Loosen our tongues so that we might speak your Word. You live and reign with the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen |
| We Listen… to the Word of God as it is proclaimed because Scripture is the heart of a liturgical celebration. | Gospel Reading: Jesus Cures a Deaf Man – Mark 7:31-37 Reflection: The man who was deaf was taken to Jesus, perhaps by his friends and family members, but he was taken by people who obviously cared about him and by people who had heard that Jesus could heal people. In the time of Jesus there were no remedies for people who were deaf and struggled to speak. People like this would have been categorised as being insane as there was no way of knowing that they could understand! Such people had no rights and would have been seen by most as being under God’s curse and judgement – they were outcasts of the society. So this man who was deaf would have had a lifetime of stigma and rejection, but he was taken to Jesus like many others so that Jesus could place his hands on him and heal him. For Jesus, he touched this man without any fear of being ‘defiled’ as it was his way to express compassion and love for someone who was suffering. We can also see this when we visit or speak to someone who is in need of healing – a touch, no matter how small can make such a big difference! So Jesus took this man aside and in doing this he acknowledged that the man who WAS deaf, was not insane and not an outcast anymore. When Jesus looked up to heaven he was letting everyone know that what was going to happen next was coming from a power from on high! |
| We Respond… with a ritual action such as a reflection on the Word, Prayers of the Faithful, Powerpoint, a ritual action and/or singing. | Psalm 146 Response: Praise the Lord, O my soul! Universal Prayers Let us pray that the healing power of Jesus rests on all who are in need.
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| We Go Forth… into the world to do what we proclaim and to give witness to the fact that we are disciples and followers of Christ. Use a final prayer, a blessing, a song or hymn. | Concluding Prayer All powerful and ever living God, you make the blind see, the deaf hear and the lame walk. Pour out your healing goodness on all who believe in your name. We ask this with confidence in the name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen
Blessing: All: May the Lord bless us, protect us from evil, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen |
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