Readings for Lent and Easter

¹³ Anointing of the Sick.^[a]Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing songs of praise. ¹⁴ Is anyone among you sick? He should send for the presbyters of the Church so that they may pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. ¹⁵ The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.

¹⁶ Confession and Intercession. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

¹⁷ Elijah was a man like us. Yet when he prayed fervently that it might not rain for three and a half years, it did not rain on the earth. ¹⁸ Then he prayed again, and the heavens gave forth rain, and the earth once again brought forth its harvest.