Transcript Anointing of the Sick

Anointing of the Sick
Victor Alfaro
Jorge Bojorkez
Diego Alulema
Erick Bravo
Efrain Mercado
Mrs. Beck’s Story
Mrs. Beck
has spent
last
40 and
years
She needs
morethe
than
pills
shots,
she
the touch
ofattended
loving concern.
caringUnfortunately
forneeds
her family.
She
daily
five months ago sickness
It changes
her
view
onwas
her very
illness.
mass
whenever
she
could
and
changed
things
Now impaired
she must,spend
Although
sheradically.
is physically
involved
in
the
church
community.
her time
at home
being
taken care
by her
she feels
healed,
somehow
moreofwhole.
children.
Therefore, the sacrament reaffirms her
Littleinthings
taken
forsuffered
granted for
are now major
belief
Jesus, who
once
concerns
for her.
Herhealing
prayerstouch.
were “Thank you, Lord,
us, and
in his
for my family and friends, and all the things were
blessed with.” Now there “Jesus, into your hands I
commend my spirit.”
What Does Anointing Celebrate?
To many people, times of illness and suffering
seem senseless and devoid of meaning, permeated
by an overwhelming emptiness.The sacrament of
Anointing offers a spiritual antidote to the
damaging effects of illness. Anointing by a priest
or a bishop is a statement by the whole Christian
community that God’s gracious concern does not
leave us in times of suffering, illness, and even
death.
God’s Loving Concern
God’s loving concern for sick,
suffering, or dying people is the first
and foremost truth celebrated in the
sacrament of Anointing.
Knowing that God cares about us when
we are hurting can have a powerful
healing effect on us.
Healing the Whole Person
If you or someone close to you has ever been
seriously injured or been sick, you know that
being sick affects all of you – your body, mind,
and soul. Physical illnesses do not just affect our
body. Likewise, emotional difficulties usually have
some sort of negative impact on your physical
health. Such as depression.
How Do We Know God Really
Cares?
Jesus cast out demons to actually restore
people to life.
&
Jesus himself experienced suffering, death, and
Resurrection.
My Son
A woman’s only son died. In her grief, she went to
The
woman
said
to
herself,
“Who
is
better
able
a holy man for help. He told her to fetch a
to help these poor, unfortunate people than I, who have
mustard
seed
from
a
house
that
has
not
ever
had misfortune of my own?” She stayed to comfort
known
sorrow.
She
cametofirst
a
them and
then She
wentwent
on tooff.
other
homes
findtothe
magical
She went
house
hearing
splendid seed.
mansion,
and house
asked to
“I am
looking
fortheir
a
tragic
stories.
became
involved
home that
has Eventually
never knownshe
sorrow.
Is so
this
such a in
ministering
to
other
people’s
grief
that
ultimately
place?” They told her that she had certainly came
she forgot about her quest. She never realized that
to
the
wrong
place
and
began
to
describe
all
the
her compassion had, in fact, driven the sorrow out of
tragic
her life.things that recently had befallen them.
The Gospels tell us that
Jesus himself suffered
such mental and physical
pain and was finally put to
death by the terrible
method of crucifixion.
Life, Not Death, Has the
Final Word
The powerful hopeful message
of the paschal mystery: The
God of Jesus Is the God of
life. And life, not death, will
always have the last word.
Different Rites for Different
Circumstances
Offered with the wider faith
Offered to nonterminally ill
community present.
persons. It can also be celebrated
Anointing can be celebrated
by Individuals who are seriously,
with a whole faith
but not terminally ill.
community, either
as part of a mass or in a
separate healing service.
Offered to dying persons. It is also
available to bring A special comfort and
peace to those persons who suffer from a
terminal illness or are close to death. In
which the person receives his or her last
communion.
Anointing of the Sick