Foreword
Whether you are seeking healing for yourself, praying for a loved one, or preparing to minister to others, this library is here to support you.
May every page lead you closer to Jesus, who heals, restores, and makes all things new.
The Church is called to evangelise not only through words but through visible signs of God’s love. Healing and prayer ministry are among the most tangible expressions of that love. The New Springtime Community in Ireland embraces this mission by offering regular healing services for all who feel lost, burdened, or in need of God’s help.
These services combine Scripture, reflection, worship, and prayer ministry offered by trained teams who listen to the Holy Spirit and pray with expectant faith. Many have experienced spiritual, emotional, and physical healing—sometimes in the church, sometimes while listening from home.
This Healing Library is being created to support anyone seeking healing, to guide those who lead healing services, and to strengthen faith through testimony. Above all, it gives glory to Jesus, who continues to heal His people through the life of the Church today.
Texts, reflections, prayers and testimonies will continue to be added as the library grows, all drawn from Claiming Your Healing by Fr. Pat Collins (New Springtime Community, 2025). If you would like to order a copy of the book, please contact us.→
Claiming your Healing
Pope Francis tells us that healing is not something we earn; it is something God freely offers.
“The thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity. I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars! You have to heal his wounds.” (Pope Francis, Sept 30, 2013)
A Daily Prayer
This prayer can be used daily to invite the Holy Spirit to guide, protect, and heal. It is a beautiful way to begin or end your time with the Lord.
Father of incomprehensible love, who dwell in light inaccessible, you are the creator of all that exists, and you uphold all things in being lest they lapse into the nothingness from which they came. You are present always and everywhere. You guide everything in accordance with your providential purposes. You provide what is needed to save, heal and to unite all things in Christ. Lord, we humans were created without our cooperation, but you will not fulfil your plans without our collaboration. Unless we are filled with your Spirit, we can do nothing to advance the coming of your kingdom of righteousness, joy and peace. Your Spirit is one of truth and love. Pour that same Holy Spirit into my body, mind and soul. Preserve me today, from all illusions, false inspirations and temptations. Reveal your presence, your word and your will to me in a way that I can understand. And I thank you that you will do this while giving me the ability to respond through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Sacred Scripture
“Now there was a woman who had been suffering from haemorrhages for twelve years. ... She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him through the crowd and touched his cloak. ‘If I can touch even his clothes’, she had told herself ‘I shall be well again.’ And the source of the bleeding dried up instantly, and she felt in herself that she was cured …. ‘My daughter’ Jesus said, ‘your faith has restored you to health; go in peace and be free from your complaint.””
Jesus invites us to approach Him with the same trust as the woman in the Gospel who reached out in faith:
“If I can touch even his clothes, I shall be well again… ‘My daughter,’ Jesus said, ‘your faith has restored you to health; go in peace.’ — Mark 5:25–34
The woman’s story reminds us that healing begins with a simple act of faith — a reaching out.