Modern society is characterized by a loss of spirituality, mankind is stale, loses such important concepts as mercy, giving preference to cruelty, selfishness and faithfully believing that in this way it is protected from weakness and vulnerability. And only a few continue to pray for health, often without a clue about the meaning of such prayers.
The clergy sacredly believe that prayer strengthens the spirit of a person, makes him more tolerant, more humane, brings him closer to the Lord and reassures, giving hope that his prayers will be heard, desires will be fulfilled, life will become easier and more understandable. The monks offer prayers day and night, asking for health, faith, peace and all the best for all of humanity. Simple townsfolk come to temples, often only when they need help and protection, ask to pray for them and their loved ones, put candles and order prayers. But few of them think and realize the significance of various prayers and other Christian sacraments.
The Importance of Christian Health Prayer
Contrary to popular belief that the prayer for health is read only about those who are sick, it can be read and any person can be mentioned in it, regardless of the state of his health. This prayer protects not only from physical ailments, but also from moral and moral exhaustion and devastation of a person’s personality. Her spiritual strength, according to Orthodox canons, is considered one of the most life-giving and unbending. Temple attendants even advise their enemies, who bring only suffering, to ask the Lord for health.
There are many facts that the prayer for health, read at icons with the faces of saints, really brought relief to the sick, helped to overcome even the most terrible or incurable, according to doctors, diseases. But it is impossible to read it “on a piece of paper”; prayer must come from the soul, from the heart of the person who is praying, to be sincere and honest. Moreover, the blessing of the Lord condescends not only to that whom the prayer asks, but also to himself.
