Blessed Stanley Rother Healing Oil

Description

Blessed Stanley Rother healing oil is dedicated to the first American born martyr

Stanley Francis Rother was an Oklahoma diocesan priest. He was killed in his parish rectory in Guatemala on July 28, 1981. Subsequently, the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City opened a Cause for Beatification for Father Rother on October 5, 2007. It was led by Archbishop Emeritus Eusebius J. Beltran. The archdiocesan phase of the cause was closed on July 20, 2010.

On September 3, 2014, the Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop of Oklahoma City, presented the Positio of Father Rother to the Prefect of the Congregation for the Cause of Saints in Rome.

Also, on June 14, 2015, the Commission of the Congregation for the Cause of Saints in Rome voted to formally recognized Oklahoma’s Servant of God Father Rother, a martyr. And, on Dec. 2, 2016, Pope Francis officially recognized Father Rother as a martyr for the faith, clearing the way for him to be beatified.

Following that, Cardinal Angelo Amato, the Prefect for the Congregation, celebrated the ceremony for Blessed Stanley on September 23, 2017, in Oklahoma City.

Tradition of oils

The tradition of anointing with sacred oil is very old indeed. It used in sacraments and also as a devotional practice. The sick person invited to apply oil on the part of their body they want healed. As they do so, they asked to pray to whomever the oil dedicated to. The Irish blessings oils do not have miraculous power. It is God who has the power to heal. Applying the oil while praying are important ways for us to express our faith in God’s power. Moreover, by doing so we place our trust in God.

The Irish Blessings oils dedicated to the Holy Spirit, Our Lady and the saints. The oils come through prayer. They placed on their designated altars for a period of prayer before sent out. The oils are of therapeutic grade.

The oil presented on a prayer cloth enclosed in a card. The small card goes out with the larger card that has the prayer for healing on the inside. The cards personalised for the saint to whom the oil dedicated to.