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Practices Last Meeting January 28 Stations of the Cross Beliefs & Prayer RCIA Journey of Faith By: The Seminarians References: Sacraments/Rites This Is Our Faith: pp 353-354 http://www.usccb.org/: Search “scriptural stations” (http://www.usccb.org/: prayer-and-worship/prayers-and- devotions/stations-of-the-cross/scriptural-stations-of-the-cross.cfm)
Practices Tonight’s Meeting February 4 Two Sacraments Beliefs & Prayer RCIA Journey of Faith Anointing of the Sick By: Deacon John Boyle Holy Orders By: Deacon Robert Holladay Sacraments/Rites References This Is Our Faith: pp 201-202, 209-214 Ch 16
Anointing of the Sick Feb. 4, 2020 Deacon John Boyle
Illness and Our Response • Illness and suffering can be some of the greatest challenges in life • One’s response can depend on one’s faith and relationship with the Lord • In the Old Testament, we find prayers for healing often linked with repentance • Psalm 6:3 “Have pity on me, Lord, for I am weak; heal me, Lord, for my bones are shuddering” • Isaiah speaks of redemptive suffering and a time when God will heal every illness
Jesus as Healer • Jesus heals the whole person • Physical healing and the forgiveness of sin • The healing of the paralytic (Mk 2:5-12) • Christ identifies himself with the sick • “I was ill and you cared for me” (Mt 25:36) • He allows the sick to touch Him (Mk 5:30-34) • He uses signs to heal including the laying of hands (Mk 7:32-36; 8:22-25) • Christ transforms our sufferings • “He took away our infirmities and bore our diseases” (Mt 8:17/Is 53:4) • “...it (suffering) can henceforth configure us to him and unite us with his redemptive Passion.” (CCC 1505)
Jesus Calls Us to Minister to the Sick • Jesus calls his disciples to share in his ministry of healing and compassion • Parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10:29-37) • “Cure the sick…” (Mt 10:8) • …they anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them” (Mk 6:13) • Peter heals Aeneas (Acts 9:34) • “gifts of healing by the one Spirit” (1 Cor 12:9) • Not all illnesses are cured • “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Cor 12:9)
The Sick as Signs of Faith to the Community • By uniting their suffering to Christ, those who are sick can be signs of faith and witnesses of Christ’s Resurrection to the entire community (Pope John Paul II, Christifideles Laici [ The Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World ], no. 54).
Apostolic Origins of Anointing of the Sick • Apostolic church rite documented in the Letter of James: • “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” (Jas 5:14 -15)
Anointing of the Sick (1/2) • Anyone in danger of death from serious illness or advanced age may receive the sacrament • It “is not a sacrament for those only who are at the point of death.” (CCC1514) • It is fitting to receive the sacrament just prior to a serious operation or for the elderly whose frailty becomes more pronounced • May receive the sacrament more than once • Both a liturgical and communal celebration • May take place in the family home, a hospital, or church for a single sick person or a group of sick persons • Others not receiving the sacrament may participate by their prayers and responses • Liturgy of the Word, preceded by an act of repentance opens the celebration • Words of Christ and witness of the apostles awaken the faith of sick person and the community to ask the Lord for the Strength of the Spirit (CCC 1518)
Anointing of the Sick (2/2) • Priest or Bishop lays hands on the sick and in silence prays over them in the faith of the church (CCC 1519) • Priest or Bishop then anoints on the head and hands with blessed oil saying: “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.” (CCC 1513)
Effects of the Sacrament (CCC 1520-1523) • Gift of the Holy Spirit • Strengthening, peace and courage to overcome the difficulties of the illness or advanced age • Leads the sick person to healing of the soul but also of the body if such is God’s will • Union with the passion of Christ • Suffering becomes a participation in the saving work of Jesus • An ecclesial grace • The sick who receive this sacrament “contribute to the Good of the People of God” • A preparation for the final journey • Completes the holy anointings that mark the whole Christian life • Baptism seals new life in us • Confirmation strengthens us for the combat of this life • Anointing when in danger of death fortifies the end of our earthly life like a solid rampart for the final struggles before entering the Father’s House
Viaticum, Last Sacrament of the Christian • Viaticum is Holy Communion offered to those who are about to leave this life • 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 (CCC 1524) • As Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist form the sacraments of Christian initiation, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick and the Eucharist as Viaticum are the sacraments that prepare for our heavenly homeland or complete our earthly pilgrimage (CCC 1525)
All are Called to be Beacons of Hope • Following [Christ’s] example, every Christian is called to relive, in different and ever new contexts, the Parable of the Good Samaritan who, passing by a man whom robbers had left half- dead by the roadside, “saw him and had compassion.” (Pope Benedict XVI 2010 Message for the World Day of the Sick) • Anointing of the Sick testifies to the fact that all are called to participate in the redemption of the world ( Sacramentum Caritatis , no. 22). • We all have a role in sanctifying and building up the Church, whatever our physical condition. As the Synod of Bishops told an audience of sick and suffering persons, “We need you to teach the whole world what love is” ( Per Concilii Semitas ad Populum Dei Nuntius , no. 12). • From “Anointing of the Sick, Joined to Christ, Witnesses of Hope and Healing” USCCB 2013
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Practices Tonight’s Meeting February 4 Sacrament of Holy Orders Beliefs & Prayer RCIA Journey of Faith By: Deacon Robert Holladay References: This Is Our Faith : pp 201-202, 209-214 Sacraments/Rites Ch 16
HOLY ORDERS - THE 7 SACRAMENTS - 1. Baptism (outward sign is water) 2. Reconciliation (outward sign is absolution) 3. Eucharist (outward sign body & blood) 4. Confirmation (outward sign is oil) 5. Marriage (outward sign bands of marriage) 6. Holy Orders (outward sign – ordination) 7. Anointing of the Sick (outward sign - oil)
HOLY ORDERS - SACRAMENT - • Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time; thus it is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. (Catechism of the Catholic Church)
HOLY ORDERS There are 3 ordained ministers that receive Holy Orders in the Catholic Church (Canon 1009) • Episcopate (Bishops) • Presbyters or Priesthood (Priests) • Diaconate (Deacons)
HOLY ORDERS - BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH - • Christ himself is the source of ministry in the Church. • He instituted the Church. • He gave her the authority and its mission, orientation, and goal. • It wasn’t his purpose to then wait fifteen hundred years for the reformation for the Church to flourish.
HOLY ORDERS - BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH - Later Church (Paul’s time) • Bishops were first appointed by apostles as their successors. (1 Tim 3:2 and Titus 1:7) • Presbyters are appointed to help bishops as communities flourish and spread. (Acts 14:23, Acts 15:6, Acts 15:22, James 5:14)
HOLY ORDERS - BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH - • St. Paul to his disciple Timothy (2 Tim 1:6), “I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying of hands .” • To Titus, St. Paul says (Titus 1:5), “This is why I left you in Crete, … to appoint presbyters in every town, as I directed you.”
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