Is any among
you sick? Let him call for the presbyters of
the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with
oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith
will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up;
and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. - James 5:14-15
the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with
oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith
will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up;
and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. - James 5:14-15
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC):
1524 In
addition to the Anointing of the Sick, the Church offers those who are about to leave this life the Eucharist
as viaticum. Communion in the body and blood of Christ, received at this moment
of "passing over" to the Father, has a particular significance and importance.
It is the seed of eternal life and the power of resurrection, according to the
words of the Lord: "He who eats my
flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him
up at the last day." The sacrament of Christ once dead and now
risen, the Eucharist is here the sacrament of passing over from death to life,
from this world to the Father.
1525 Thus,
just as the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist form a unity
called "the sacraments
of Christian initiation," so too it can be
said that Penance, the Anointing of the Sick and the Eucharist as viaticum
constitute at the end of Christian life "the
sacraments that
prepare for our heavenly homeland" or the sacraments
that complete the earthly pilgrimage.
Continue
reading about this beautiful Sacrament and gift of the
Church
See Catechism of the Catholic Church - Sections 1499-1532
http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt2art5.shtml
Please call a priest for this holy time of preparation and passage.
Please call a priest for this holy time of preparation and passage.
Viaticum angels - wood engraving, France - 1891
"The world's thy ship and not thy home." - St Thérèse of Lisieux
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