The Mystery
Drama
Lectionary Scenes
56 Vignettes For Cycle C
Theme
Where does the faith for healing originate?
Summary
Two Christian friends try to understand healing and faith for healing.
Playing Time
3 1/2 minutes
Setting
A church
Props
None
Costumes
Contemporary, casual
Time
The present
Cast
STAN
DIANE
STAN: (STAN, DIANE ENTER) Do you understand healing?
DIANE: Understand it? No, not really. Why?
STAN: I knew you didn't. I don't either, but I just wanted to talk about it.
DIANE: Okay, let's talk. What about healing?
STAN: Well, I'm not a person that just accepts things as they are. I always have to probe -- question.
DIANE: I know. I like that about you. We've had some good discussions.
STAN: Okay, what is it about healing?
DIANE: What kind of a question is that?
STAN: Listen, people are healed all the time, right? -- in the hospitals -- by doctors, nurses, technicians.
DIANE: True.
STAN: How do they get healed?
DIANE: You know, I guess the doctors don't really know. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, medicine, the experts use all these means and they know from experience approximately what will happen, but do they really heal a person?
STAN: Those things certainly help.
DIANE: So, what does the actual healing?
STAN: I don't know. That's the point.
DIANE: It all works together to heal, doesn't it?
STAN: I guess so.
DIANE: The body heals itself, doesn't it?
STAN: That's true, it does. God has made our bodies, by natural means, to combat any intruders and heal itself.
DIANE: Then you could say that God, who created us, heals us.
STAN: Right.
DIANE: Then what about faith healing?
STAN: That's God, too, of course.
DIANE: Of course. Healing comes from God, but where does the faith come from?
STAN: I don't know. From the person?
DIANE: Sometimes, I guess.
STAN: What does the person have faith in? In healing?
DIANE: The person would have to have faith in God, right?
STAN: But what if the person doesn't have faith in God?
DIANE: A friend or family member could have faith in God.
STAN: Is it possible for no one around to have faith in God?
DIANE: And still that person would be healed? I suppose so. We just said God is healing people in hospitals by all kinds of means. Probably most of the people in the hospital don't believe in a healing God.
STAN: And God heals them anyway.
DIANE: Right. He must.
STAN: That's it. It's in God's hands.
DIANE: The healing, medicine, the surgery is all in God's hands.
STAN: And even the faith. It's all in God's hands.
DIANE: When we pray for healing, we leave it up to Him.
STAN: Right.
DIANE: Of course that's true. We leave it in His hands. There's really nothing much we can do but pray.
STAN: That's a lot, I think.
DIANE: Of course it is. It's trusting God's wisdom in the matter.
STAN: Well, that's faith, isn't it?
DIANE: Yes, yes, of course it is. That's faith.
STAN: Well, what we came up with is -- God is in charge.
DIANE: It's true. Whether people know it or not, He is. He's in charge of healing and everything else. That can give us peace. (THEY BEGIN TO EXIT)
STAN: Let's talk about peace.
DIANE: No, no, not now. Some other time. Right now I need some peace.
STAN: Yes, but where does that peace originate?
I think ... (THEY EXIT)
Where does the faith for healing originate?
Summary
Two Christian friends try to understand healing and faith for healing.
Playing Time
3 1/2 minutes
Setting
A church
Props
None
Costumes
Contemporary, casual
Time
The present
Cast
STAN
DIANE
STAN: (STAN, DIANE ENTER) Do you understand healing?
DIANE: Understand it? No, not really. Why?
STAN: I knew you didn't. I don't either, but I just wanted to talk about it.
DIANE: Okay, let's talk. What about healing?
STAN: Well, I'm not a person that just accepts things as they are. I always have to probe -- question.
DIANE: I know. I like that about you. We've had some good discussions.
STAN: Okay, what is it about healing?
DIANE: What kind of a question is that?
STAN: Listen, people are healed all the time, right? -- in the hospitals -- by doctors, nurses, technicians.
DIANE: True.
STAN: How do they get healed?
DIANE: You know, I guess the doctors don't really know. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, medicine, the experts use all these means and they know from experience approximately what will happen, but do they really heal a person?
STAN: Those things certainly help.
DIANE: So, what does the actual healing?
STAN: I don't know. That's the point.
DIANE: It all works together to heal, doesn't it?
STAN: I guess so.
DIANE: The body heals itself, doesn't it?
STAN: That's true, it does. God has made our bodies, by natural means, to combat any intruders and heal itself.
DIANE: Then you could say that God, who created us, heals us.
STAN: Right.
DIANE: Then what about faith healing?
STAN: That's God, too, of course.
DIANE: Of course. Healing comes from God, but where does the faith come from?
STAN: I don't know. From the person?
DIANE: Sometimes, I guess.
STAN: What does the person have faith in? In healing?
DIANE: The person would have to have faith in God, right?
STAN: But what if the person doesn't have faith in God?
DIANE: A friend or family member could have faith in God.
STAN: Is it possible for no one around to have faith in God?
DIANE: And still that person would be healed? I suppose so. We just said God is healing people in hospitals by all kinds of means. Probably most of the people in the hospital don't believe in a healing God.
STAN: And God heals them anyway.
DIANE: Right. He must.
STAN: That's it. It's in God's hands.
DIANE: The healing, medicine, the surgery is all in God's hands.
STAN: And even the faith. It's all in God's hands.
DIANE: When we pray for healing, we leave it up to Him.
STAN: Right.
DIANE: Of course that's true. We leave it in His hands. There's really nothing much we can do but pray.
STAN: That's a lot, I think.
DIANE: Of course it is. It's trusting God's wisdom in the matter.
STAN: Well, that's faith, isn't it?
DIANE: Yes, yes, of course it is. That's faith.
STAN: Well, what we came up with is -- God is in charge.
DIANE: It's true. Whether people know it or not, He is. He's in charge of healing and everything else. That can give us peace. (THEY BEGIN TO EXIT)
STAN: Let's talk about peace.
DIANE: No, no, not now. Some other time. Right now I need some peace.
STAN: Yes, but where does that peace originate?
I think ... (THEY EXIT)
