The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
After the priest prepares the bread and wine, the people exclaim: "Lord, I am not worthy to receive you but only say the word and I shall be healed".
She added, "There's a prayer that we say as Catholics before we receive the eucharist: 'Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed.' I have that prayer very much in my heart.
Taking its title from a prayer said before the Roman Catholic communion—"Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word, and I shall be healed"—this book has two parallel narratives.It starts with the words of a writer, Jim Foley, who, in a cottage on the soft and airy west coast of Ireland, is drafting a long love letter to his dead wife, Kate.
Tacking on "but only say the word and my soul shall be healed" is not enough.
What's great about that is that every time you go to communion on Sunday, millions of Catholics say, "Lord, I'm not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed".
