FutureCarmeliteClaire Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 So, I'm having a first rib resection and scelenectomy done on December 10th. Are there requirements for anointing of the sick? Like how sick you have to be? Idk... The risk of death in this surgery is less than 1 percent. There is a possible (not uncommon at all) chance that they will puncture my lung and I will wake up with a tube coming out of my incision because they're fixing the lung or something. I want to get anointing, but I don't even know how to go about requesting it or anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 contact your parish priest. don't wait until you are at the hospital to request one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmaD2006 Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I agree with Lil Red -- just talk to your priest. You don't have to be really/deathly/etc. ill, just at risk of death (1% counts). You can also get the sacrament if you have a serious illness. There is a whole section in the catechism on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Most priests will give anointing anytime you go under general. It's because things can happen. It's also to help prepare you, calm your spirit, and give you strength to endure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 FCC!!!! Frankly... I can't believe this hasn't been suggested to you LONG ago with all the stuff you have going on! It never occurred to me you HADN'T been anointed. This is a sacrament for HEALING and for the strength to go through what you go through when you are seriously ill. I Make that call NOW!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 [quote name='FutureCarmeliteClaire' timestamp='1353173366' post='2511844'] So, I'm having a first rib resection and scelenectomy done on December 10th. Are there requirements for anointing of the sick? Like how sick you have to be? Idk... The risk of death in this surgery is less than 1 percent. There is a possible (not uncommon at all) chance that they will puncture my lung and I will wake up with a tube coming out of my incision because they're fixing the lung or something. I want to get anointing, but I don't even know how to go about requesting it or anything... [/quote] Step 1 Go to Father. Step 2 say, "I request the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, please". He will look at you oddly, and say, "ok, why" and "why did you ask so oddly?" Step 3 You will say, "Fr., I am going to be having an operation" and "because some idiot on phatmass told me to ask this way" Step 5 Pi r Things should proceed nicely after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 [quote name='MIkolbe' timestamp='1353211644' post='2512191'] Step 1 Go to Father. Step 2 say, "I request the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, please". He will look at you oddly, and say, "ok, why" and "why did you ask so oddly?" Step 3 You will say, "Fr., I am going to be having an operation" and "because some idiot on phatmass told me to ask this way" Step 5 Pi r Things should proceed nicely after that. [/quote] Do not forget to kiss his hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissyP89 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Ask your SD the next time you chat. "Hey Father, will you anoint me before surgery?" "Sure." Done. You can have it done at the rectory in the days leading up to your surgery if you feel like it'll be too emotionally intense at the hospital. And don't forget to ask somebody to bring you the Eucharist, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 [quote name='MissyP89' timestamp='1353221715' post='2512263'] Ask your SD the next time you chat. "Hey Father, will you anoint me before surgery?" "Sure." Done. You can have it done at the rectory in the days leading up to your surgery if you feel like it'll be too emotionally intense at the hospital. And don't forget to ask somebody to bring you the Eucharist, too! [/quote] I cannot for the life of me remember now where I read or heard this, but it was quite recently. Like within a week or two. The author (or perhaps speaker) was saying that back 'in the olden days', a priest would visit the hospital to bring Communion to whichever people had requested it, and he would be accompanied by a nun with a bell and ... a candle? or a sanctuary lamp? something like that anyway. And when the elevator door opened, the person accompanying the priest would ring the bell, and everyone would stop for a moment while they passed. Any Catholics in the vicinity would be expected to kneel while the Blessed Sacrament passed by. Aha! My Google-fu is sharp today. It was a commentator on Fr. Z's blog. He said: [quote] [background=transparent] I’m fifty. I grew up in a small town in the Diocese of Buffalo. Population: 15,000. We had four Catholic churches, each with an elementary school, a diocesan high school, a Catholic hospital, and a nursing school staffed by the Sisters of Mercy. Each of the schools also had a convent attached. Each of the parishes, into the eighties, was staffed by three to four priests. There were also another six churches in the surrounding countryside, each of those with multiple priests and most with schools.[/background][background=transparent] Needless to say, there was ample opportunity to see clerics and religious in day to day life. I recall seeing habited nuns strolling for evening walks, and in the grocery store, Newberry’s, and Grant’s. We saw priests in clerical suits at restaurants and ball games. When Father visited your house, he wore cassock, overcoat (it was the Diocese of Buffalo!) and fedora or sometimes biretta. If he visited you in the hospital, he wore his biretta. The only time he didn’t was on the golf course, or up at Lake Ontario fishing.[/background][background=transparent] Both of my parents and my grandmother were employed at the hospital. I have lots of memories of life there. I remember when Father would bring the Blessed Sacrament to a patient, a bell would ring when he emerged from the elevator into the hallway. The bell was rung by a nun who led the way. She also carried a red lamp on a chain. When Father passed by, conversation ceased, and if you were Catholic, you were expected to drop to your knees. He was invariably vested in cassock, surplice, and stole.[/background] [/quote] Lovely story, I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1353222240' post='2512265'] I cannot for the life of me remember now where I read or heard this, but it was quite recently. Like within a week or two. The author (or perhaps speaker) was saying that back 'in the olden days', a priest would visit the hospital to bring Communion to whichever people had requested it, and he would be accompanied by a nun with a bell and ... a candle? or a sanctuary lamp? something like that anyway. And when the elevator door opened, the person accompanying the priest would ring the bell, and everyone would stop for a moment while they passed. Any Catholics in the vicinity would be expected to kneel while the Blessed Sacrament passed by. Aha! My Google-fu is sharp today. It was a commentator on Fr. Z's blog. He said: Lovely story, I thought. [/quote] My favorite part is the beginning when he says his town is "small". Fifteen thousand isn't small. I'd love him to visit my town of eight hundred people, or the neighboring towns of four hundred, so he may learn just what a small town really is. Urban people make me laugh with their ignorance as to what a small town constitutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1353223856' post='2512266'] My favorite part is the beginning when he says his town is "small". Fifteen thousand isn't small. I'd love him to visit my town of eight hundred people, or the neighboring towns of four hundred, so he may learn just what a small town really is. Urban people make me laugh with their ignorance as to what a small town constitutes. [/quote] I am used to a city of over a million people. One hundred thousand or less feels [i]very[/i] small to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1353224199' post='2512269'] I am used to a city of over a million people. One hundred thousand or less feels [i]very[/i] small to me. [/quote] I'd love it if you visited my town sometime. If you ever have the opportunity, please do so. I would love to show you around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1353224467' post='2512271'] I'd love it if you visited my town sometime. If you ever have the opportunity, please do so. I would love to show you around. [/quote] I will let you know if I am ever in the area. Unfortunately the closest I will be anytime in the next couple years is likely to still be about a twelve hour drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1353225024' post='2512273'] I will let you know if I am ever in the area. Unfortunately the closest I will be anytime in the next couple years is likely to still be about a twelve hour drive. [/quote] In the Midwest you will find driving twelve hours to get somewhere is completely normal. We drive huge distances like that all the time. It's just a part of living in such a huge country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1353225514' post='2512276'] In the Midwest you will find driving twelve hours to get somewhere is completely normal. We drive huge distances like that all the time. It's just a part of living in such a huge country. [/quote] During the summer we did Evansville to Skowhegan over two days. I think it was something like 16 hours the second day. It was fun though. Most of the time. I am used to the big open spaces though. You forget where [i]I[/i] live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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