Anointing of the Sick





Mass Times Holy Days Church Staff Bulletins and Newsletters Perpetual Adoration Sacraments Baptisms Weddings Funerals Cemetery Vocations Becoming a Member History of Epiphany Scrip Program Auto Withdrawal Gift Center Lending Library Nursery Sunday School Extended Day Pregnancy Support	Anointing of the Sick If you would like to schedule a priest for the sacrament of anointing please call the parish office at 763.755.1020. If it is an emergency please be sure to indicate that when calling the office so proper attention and expediency is given to your request. The anointing can be done at the office; before or after Mass (weekday and weekend); in your home; or at the hospital. *********************** The Church believes and confesses that among the seven sacraments there is one especially intended to strengthen those who are being tried by illness, the Anointing of the Sick: This sacred anointing of the sick was instituted by Christ our Lord as a true and proper sacrament of the New Testament. It is alluded to indeed by Mark, but is recommended to the faithful and promulgated by James the apostle and brother of the Lord. The sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is given to those who are seriously ill by anointing them on the forehead and hands with duly blessed oil—pressed from olives or from other plants—saying, only once: "Through this holy anointing may the Lord in his love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit. May the Lord who frees you from sin save you and raise you up." The Anointing of the Sick "is not a sacrament for those only who are at the point of death. Hence, as soon as anyone of the faithful begins to be in danger of death from sickness or old age, the fitting time for him to receive this sacrament has certainly already arrived." If a sick person who received this anointing recovers his health, he can in the case of another grave illness receive this sacrament again. If during the same illness the person's condition becomes more serious, the sacrament may be repeated. It is fitting to receive the Anointing of the Sick just prior to a serious operation. The same holds for the elderly whose frailty becomes more pronounced. Only priests (bishops and presbyters) are ministers of the Anointing of the Sick.131 It is the duty of pastors to instruct the faithful on the benefits of this sacrament. The faithful should encourage the sick to call for a priest to receive this sacrament. The sick should prepare themselves to receive it with good dispositions, assisted by their pastor and the whole ecclesial community, which is invited to surround the sick in a special way through their prayers and fraternal attention. The special grace of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick has as its effects: the uniting of the sick person to the passion of Christ, for his own good and that of the whole Church; the strengthening, peace, and courage to endure in a Christian manner the sufferings of illness or old age; the forgiveness of sins, if the sick person was not able to obtain it through the sacrament of Penance; the restoration of health, if it is conducive to the salvation of his soul; the preparation for passing over to eternal life. http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt2art5.shtml If you would like to schedule a priest for the sacrament of anointing please call the parish office at 763.755.1020.** If it is an emergency please be sure to indicate that when calling the office so proper attention and expediency is given to your request. The anointing can be done at the office, before or after Mass (weekday and weekend), in your home, or at the hospital.