Anointing of the Sick: Celebrating Gods Healing Love

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CHAPTER 11

• Anointing of the Sick Celebrating Gods Healing
  Love

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What Does Anointing Celebrate?

• Gods love for persons who are seriously ill or
  nearing death.
• Its grace primarily leads to healing and
  strengthening of the spirit, as people unite
  their experiences with Jesus suffering, death,
  and Resurrection.
• The sacrament addresses all aspects of peoples
  health Spiritual Physical

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wounded healers

• Gods compassion is apparent in Jesus earthly
  ministry of healing.
• The Christian community carries on Jesus healing
  mission and reaffirms its Resurrection faith.
• Experience of illness Wisdom gained
• Human participation in the paschal mystery
• Stories Been there! Done that!

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Anointings SymbolicActions and Words

• A priest or bishop administers the sacrament
• Varies slightly according to the situation
• within the whole faith community at a Mass or
  healing service
• to individuals who are seriously or terminally
  ill, usually in a home or medical institution

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• The sacrament may be received more than once
• Services include many symbols and symbolic
  actions from other sacraments
• the laying on of hands
• anointing with oil
• Holy Communion
• the reading of the Scriptures
• the confession of sins
• Maintains the communal nature of suffering. We do
  not have to go it alone

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• Symbols and actions convey Gods and the churchs
  concern for the entire person.
• laying on of hands (love in action)
• sacrament for those who are not dying (healing is
  for life not just a preparation to die)
• sacrament may be received more than once (anytime
  one is in serious spiritual or physical danger
  this sacrament is appropriate)
• priest as minister (Re. the forgiveness of sins
  the ordinary minister is an ordained priest)
• Viaticum (The Precious Blood)
• communal celebrations

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Anointings History

• 1st 7th Century
• The Apostles and early Christians used blessed
  oil and prayer
• The laying on of hands carries on Jesus mission
  of healing the sick
• 8th -12th Century
• the ministry of anointing became reserved for
  priests and also came to be regarded only as a
  preparation for death

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• 13th 19th Century
• Not much changed in this sacrament
• 20th Century
• Second Vatican Council restored Anointings
  original purpose
• emphasizes Jesus healing presence in the
  churchs pastoral care for sick and dying people
• Extreme Unction Blessing the extremities with
  sacred oil to celebrate Gods healing grace and
  to reverse the effects of sin

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RQ11

• What is the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick?

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• What is the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick?
• It is a sacrament that offers persons strength,
  peace, and courage to overcome the hardships of
  serious illness or the increasing frailty of old
  age. Its grace is meant to lead primarily to
  healing of their spirit, and if God wills, to
  healing of their body.

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• 2. What is the foremost truth celebrated in the
  sacrament of Anointing?

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• 2. What is the foremost truth celebrated in the
  sacrament of Anointing?
• Gods loving concern for sick, suffering, or
  dying people.

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3. What is the primary emphasis of the sacrament
of Anointing?
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3. What is the primary emphasis of the sacrament
of Anointing?

• To bring spiritual strength and healing to sick
  and dying people.

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4. Give two examples of Gospel passages that show
Jesus healing people. What enabled him to heal
people?
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4. Give two examples of Gospel passages

• Mark 521-43 Jesus brings the daughter of
  Jairus back to life and cures a hemorrhaging
  woman.
• Matt. 1521-28 Jesus shows compassion for a
  Canaanite woman and cures her daughter.
• Matt. 1529-39 Jesus heals many people brought
  to him by the crowds and speaks of his compassion
  for the crowds, feeding them.
• John 91-12 Jesus heals a man born blind. Jesus
  was enabled to heal people through Gods power.

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5. What are three everyday healing actions that
people can do for sick persons or for families in
mourning?
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5. What are three everyday healing actions that
people can do for sick persons or for families in
mourning?

• 1. Sending cards of sympathy and prayers
• 2. Visiting sick friends and bringing gifts or
  food,
• 3. Uniting with family members when a relative
  has died or is seriously ill.

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6. Describe what it means to say that Christians
them-selves can be wounded healers.
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6. Describe what it means to say that Christians
them-selves can be wounded healers.

• They can transform their suffering into healing
  for themselves and for those around them.

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7. What is the hopeful message of the paschal
mystery with respect to illness and death?
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7. What is the hopeful message of the paschal
mystery with respect to illness and death?

• The God of Jesus is the God of life. And life,
  not death, will always have the last word.

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8. Describe three different options for
celebrating the sacrament of Anointing.
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8. Describe three options

• . It can be celebrated with a whole faith
  community, either as a part of a Mass or in a
  separate healing service for people whose health
  is greatly impaired in some way. It can be
  celebrated by individuals who are seriously but
  not terminally ill.
• The sacrament usually takes place in the home of
  the ill person, in a hospital, or in some other
  institution, such as a nursing home, with family,
  friends, and a priest gathered around.
• Finally, the sacrament is available to persons
  who suffer from a terminal illness or are close
  to death, usually apart from a Mass. If death is
  close, special prayers of commendation are part
  of the sacrament, as well as a special rite in
  which the dying person receives her or his last
  Communion.

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9. Name the six elements common to all forms of
the sacrament of Anointing. What actions and
words are essential?
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9. Name the six elements

• prayers, a penitential rite, readings from the
  Scriptures, the laying on of hands by the priest,
  anointing with oil on the forehead and hands by
  the priest, and Holy Communion.
• Essential to the sacrament is the anointing by
  the priest of the persons forehead and hands
  while praying these words
• Through this holy anointing may the Lord in his
  love and mercy help you with the grace of the
  Holy Spirit. Amen. May the Lord who frees you
  from sin save you and raise you up. Amen.

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10. What do the laying on of hands and receiving
of Communion emphasize in Anointing?
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10. What do the laying on of hands and receiving
of Communion emphasize in Anointing?

• The laying on of hands and receiving of Communion
  emphasize that healing occurs in the context of a
  caring community.

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10. and in what other sacraments are these
rituals found?

• The laying on of hands also is offered in
  Confirmation, Reconciliation, and Holy Orders
  Communion is offered in the sacrament of the
  Eucharist.

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11. In the early church, how did Christians carry
out the healing mission of Jesus?
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11. In the early church, how did Christians carry
out the healing mission of Jesus?

• By casting out demons, anointing with oil, curing
  sick people, praying for sick people, and laying
  hands on them.

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12. What does Extreme Unction mean? Why was this
term used for the sacrament of Anointing until
recent decades?
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12. What does Extreme Unction mean? Why was this
term used for the sacrament of Anointing until
recent decades?

• It means last anointing or last rites.
• Extreme Unction was the term used for the
  sacrament because the sacrament gradually came to
  be seen as a preparation for death rather than as
  an act of healing.

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13. What purpose of Anointing has been restored
and emphasized since Vatican Council II?
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13. What purpose of Anointing has been restored
and emphasized since Vatican Council II?

• Anointings original purpose-healing-has been
  restored and emphasized as indicated by the
  official designation of Anointing as part of the
  Catholic churchs overall pastoral care and
  concern for sick and dying people.