ASK FATHER: Weird prayer. Getting Everyone To “Lay On Hands”

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ASK FATHER: Weird prayer. Getting everyone to "lay on hands"

From a reader... QUAERITUR: This morning I was at a Catholic men's prayer group. This is a wonderful group of men all holding each other up and pursuing their Catholic faith. This morning however one of the men, who is in deacon formation, got up and invited all the men to join in offering a bl

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But the general practice of members laying hands on each other as a sort of blessing? Nope, that’s not apostolic, that’s pretty much brand new. I don’t think it originated in the Cursillo movement, but I think it probably had some roots in the Protestant, Pentecostal tradition.