Transcript The Gospel According to Mark Introduction or… Recap

Unit 10.3 Worship and Celebration
Anointing of the Sick
Lesson Aims
Be able to
DESCRIBE what takes place during the sacrament
EXPLAIN the purpose of the Sacrament
What do you think this terminally ill man
needs?
For his
Body
For his
Soul
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2.
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3.
3.
One of the bullet points on
Why should you receive
each side should not be
it?
there: which ones ?!
When should you receive it?
1. Receives Grace:
1.When dangerously ill
• strength and courage to
2.Before surgery if the operation is a
accept illness.
serious one
• may help recovery.
3.To prevent a person from getting 2. Forgives sin
sick
3. Helps prepare for death:
4.When an elderly person is
gives peace if anxious
especially weak
4. Unites with whole Christian
5.When a child is sick, so they can
community, who are
receive some comfort
praying for them
6.For unconscious people who
5. Reconfirms the vows made
would have asked for the sacrament at baptism
if they could
6. Unites with the suffering of
Jesus
What happens during the Anointing of the Sick?
A
reading from the Bible usually about Jesus healing sick people.
You also need to know about the following:
CHRISM
VIATICUM
Anointed on the forehead and If dying = final
on the hands with chrism.
communion. This is
For strength and healing.
For forgiveness of sin.
called viaticum,
which means ‘food
for the journey”.
PRAYERS / LAYING ON OF HANDS
Prayers for the patient and
those who care for the sick.
The priest may lay his
hands on the sick person
silence, a symbol of the
descent of the Holy Spirit,
to comfort and strengthen.
Exam Question
• Explain why the Sacrament of the Sick is
important for Christians (8marks)
– use 4 reasons
– One paragraph for each reason
– QWC marks
What have you learnt?