Anointing of the sick- quiz

Job - Book of Job -

adapting law of retribution with apocalyptic writings. He was a good man who lost everything

• 1. Job experienced deep suffering

• 2. Job remained in relationship with God

• 3. God did not abandon Job

**The Church teaches that suffering can become united with Christ’s suffering.**

Wounded Healers -

you can heal others because you know what it is like to suffer and to be healed by God’s love.

Law of Retribution -

Each instance of suffering resulted from a specific sin

Extreme Unction -

A term from the Latin for “last anointing.” It once referred to the reception of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick just before death. It is accompanied by Viaticum.

Oil -

Olive or another plant oil that is blessed by a bishop at a Chrism Mass or, in case of necessity, by any priest at the time of anointing. Anointing with the oil of the sick is an efficacious sign of healing and strength that is part of the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.

Council of Trent,

affirmed that “only priests (bishops and presbyters) are ministers of the Anointing of the Sick.”

Second Vatican Council,

“Extreme Unction’, which may also and more fittingly be called ‘Anointing of the Sick,’ is not a sacramented intended only for those who are at the point of death. As soon as any of the faithful begings to be in danger of death from sickness or old age, this is already a suitable time for them to receive this sacrament.

Early Church -

During Jesus’s life and after his Ascension, his disciples anointed and laid hands on those who were sick in order to heal them. Whenever a person was seriously ill, other Christians would gather ariund and pray for him ot her and then rub oil that has been blessed by a bishop on whatever parts of the body needed healing.

Middle Ages -

the sacrament had come to be practiced ONLY when someone was close to death. Linked to a final reception of the Sacraments of Penance and Eucharist, which necessitated a priest’s presence.

Apocalyptic -

Relating to belief in the enactment of God’s justice after death or in an end time when good people will be rewarded and evil people will be punished. In the Bible, the Books of Daniel and Revelation contain examples of apocalyptic writing.

Redemptive Suffering -

the notion that our sufferings can be offered up as a sacrifice for the grace of others

form

forehead, “words of anointing”m

matter

anointing w oil of the sick m

minister

priest or higher

how often

more than once

What kind of healing does the sacrament provide?

Physical cures, exorcisms, resuscitations

How is the community a part of this sacrament?

Because we are social creatures who live in community, illness is never completely personal. People rarely find healing by isolating themselves. = PASTORAL CARE OF THE SICk

pastoral care of the sick

, illness is never completely personal. People rarely find healing by isolating themselves

What did the people in the Old Testament think about illness?

Israelites believed God’s justice remains intact and good people if not rewarded in this life will be rewarded in the next.

• 1. Illness was sometimes seen as connected to sin or punishment

• 2. Not all illness was viewed as punishment *unite w god like JOB

• 3. God was seen as the true healer

What did Jesus teach about suffering?

• Sickness & death are not God’s way of punishing people

• God loves the sick & disabled just as much as he loves healthy people

• God's love is stronger than sickness, pain, suffering & death

• God does not abandon you when you are sick or suffering

• Sick should not be treated as outcasts they have an important role in the world

How can suffering bring us to a new life?

God’s loving concern

• God loves and cares for us when we are sick, suffering or dying

• God heals our spirit and gives us comfort through the love of the Christian community - sometimes we are healed physically

• Jesus’ suffering & death were not his final fate and neither for us

• Jesus’s resurrection gives us hope

• Enables us to have compassion for those who suffer & opportunities for growth in holiness (Wounded healers)

Who can receive the sacrament?

• Dangerously ill due to sickness or old age

• Recurring illness or becomes more serious

• Undergoing serious surgery

• People aging even if no serious illness is present

• Children above the age of reason who are seriously ill

• Sick who have lost consciousness or the use of reason but who would have asked for the sacrament if they were able to do so

• NOT JUST THE DYING