I have recently become an ordained minister and need help for future reference.
2007-09-22 14:45:33 · 4 answers · asked by Rev. P 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Are you a minister or a priest?
2007-09-22 14:51:18 · answer #1 · answered by Rev.Michelle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you had become a real priest then you would have been trained how to administer the Anointing of the Sick.
"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" (James 5:14-15).
This sacrament is now called the Anointing of the Sick and a person does not have to be dying to receive it. It is no longer called the "Last Rites" and "Extreme Unction,"
Any one physically or mentally ill, aged and infirm, or about to receive surgery can receive this sacrament of healing.
The liturgical actions in the Anointing of the Sick include the following principal elements:
+ Scripture is read.
+ The priests of the Church in silence lay hands on the sick.
+ They pray over them in the faith of the Church
+ They anoint them with oil blessed by the bishop.
The effects of the Anointing of the sick are:
- 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
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 1499 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt2art5.htm
With love in Christ.
2007-09-24 01:08:00 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ministers dont perform "last rites"
2007-09-22 21:49:07 · answer #3 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Request a refund. Those mail order diplomas just don't hold up.
2007-09-22 22:44:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋