Anointing of the Sick
Shamans and medicine men and women have struggled with sickness and pain since the dawn of history. Making use of such sacramentals as dance, chant, incense, and masks, they bore witness to the power of evil. The believed that the gods controlled health and sickness. Jewish people were just as holistic in their attitude. They […]
Anointing of the Sick
The anointing of the sick is administered to bring spiritual and even physical strength during an illness, especially near the time of death. It is most likely one of the last sacraments one will receive. A sacrament is an outward sign established by Jesus Christ to confer inward grace. In more basic terms, it is […]
Anointing of the Sick
FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERS Question: Recently, when I was in the hospital, a lady came to give me the Anointing of the Sick. She said she was sanctioned by the “Healing Ministry” of my parish to do this. When a priest came to anoint me, I told him that I had been anointed by a lady […]
ON THE SACRAMENT OF EXTREME UNCTION
The Fourteenth Session It hath also seemed good to the holy Synod, to subjoin, to the preceding doctrine on penance, the following on the sacrament of Extreme Unction, which by the Fathers was regarded as being the completion, not only of penance, but also of the whole Christian life, which ought to be a perpetual […]