Question on Charismatic Healing

[yesukristus]

Now this may not be the right forum to ask this question but I guess I’m just lazy…

If I’m not wrong Charismatics (let’s focus on the Catholic kind, shall we?) are pretty big on using the name of Jesus to heal illnesses. Now I’ve no problem about healing other people but what about oneself? Can’t the suffering from illness to sent to strengthen us, or united with the suffering of Jesus? And if we use the name of Jesus to heal that suffering won’t we be like going against God’s will?

 

[rwoehmke]

Now this may not be the right forum to ask this question but I guess I’m just lazy…

If I’m not wrong Charismatics (let’s focus on the Catholic kind, shall we?) are pretty big on using the name of Jesus to heal illnesses. Now I’ve no problem about healing other people but what about oneself? Can’t the suffering from illness to sent to strengthen us, or united with the suffering of Jesus? And if we use the name of Jesus to heal that suffering won’t we be like going against God’s will?

One is than forced to believe that it is God who sends suffering and illness our way. In my opinion it is more that these things result from our own sinfulness and that the innocent as well as the guilty, being part of the human family, are stuck with this as a part of the human condition. God wishes us only good, but he does allow bad things to happen. If his will were to be done well on earth, as we ask in the Our Father, much of human suffering would be alleviated. It is not God’s fault that we suffer.

 

[garysibio]

Now this may not be the right forum to ask this question but I guess I’m just lazy…

If I’m not wrong Charismatics (let’s focus on the Catholic kind, shall we?) are pretty big on using the name of Jesus to heal illnesses. Now I’ve no problem about healing other people but what about oneself? Can’t the suffering from illness to sent to strengthen us, or united with the suffering of Jesus? And if we use the name of Jesus to heal that suffering won’t we be like going against God’s will?

Pray that His will be done in the matter. If it is not His will that you be healed, you won’t.

Gary

 

[LynnGM]

Well, I just read Francis MacNutt’s books about healing (the ones from his Catholic priest days). He says that sickness is evil, and that the Father sent the Son to conquer evil.

Sometimes sickness isn’t healed immediately because it’s our “wake up” call.

Say, for example, I keep getting rosacea. Does GOD will for me to walk around with bright red splotches on my face? (Some days, it might feel that way!) What about when the rosacea doesn’t clear up, even with prescription creams? Well, rosacea can flare up from stress or allergens. Maybe that new perfume I just indulged in is “too much” for my skin. Or maybe all the stress I have towards a coworker is causing the flare-up? Maybe GOD is tyring to show me that I’m overindulgent and splurging. Or maybe GOD is showing me that I need to be more forgiving of my coworker. Then, I have to ask GOD to help me refocus.

MacNutt also says that some extraordinary people are able to offer up their sicknesses, suffer, etc. But those cases are rare.

The Linn brothers (Jesuit, one is now laicized) say that death is the ultimate healing, in some situations. They have a slim little book about healing, you should read it.

(I’m still picking through what I believe about the Charismatic movement and its teachings. I will say that it is good to pray that GOD help us find the right doctors who will give the right treatment. And this could range from the common cold to cancer!

** If it is terminal, then we ask GOD for a happy and comfortable death.)**

 

[DebChris]

I have likewise read Fr. McNutt’s book, although it was years ago.
When we read scripture, we notice that Jesus was always healing somebody, on the way to heal somebody, or coming from healing somebody.
What was Jesus’ response when the blind man said “You can heal me if you will”? It was “Of course I will it.”
Instead of praying “if you will,” I pray “according to your Will.” God may choose to heal immediately or He may choose that my healing come through natural resources.
To those who act as “Job’s comforters” I am able to respond with the example of St. Paul, “In weakness, power reaches perfection.”
The O.T. says, “For the physician likewise prays to God that his diagnosis might be correct” in order for the patient to be healed.
God is the divine physician.
The concluding prayer for the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary is “Grant we beseech you, O Lord God, unto us, your servants, that we may rejoice in continual health of mind and body, and by the glorious intercession of Blessed Mary, ever virgin, may we be delivered from present sadness, and enter into the joy of Your eternal gladness. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen”