Anointing Of The Sick?

[PhuturePriest]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1353227372' post='2512278']
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.
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I'm pretty sure most Canadians forget where they live.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1353228483' post='2512281']

I'm pretty sure most Canadians forget where they live.
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Easy to get lost up here.

[NonNovi]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1353222240' post='2512265']
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.
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This is still the appropriate way to transport the Holy Sacrament. I did this once, similar to the story. It was in a monastery, and one of the Sisters was too old and sick to go to Mass in the chapel. So after Mass we went to bring her communion. The priest took the ciborium out of the tabernacle, and I as altar server rang a bell every few steps, so the other Sisters could hear us coming and knew they had to kneel. Afterwards the Sisters where completely touched, they thought it was beautiful, that bell ringing in the silence of the monastery (normally they have no altar servers on weekdays to ring the bell). They heard Our Lord was passing by, even though they didn't see Him.

[Nihil Obstat]

[quote name='NonNovi' timestamp='1353247021' post='2512312']
This is still the appropriate way to transport the Holy Sacrament. I did this once, similar to the story. It was in a monastery, and one of the Sisters was too old and sick to go to Mass in the chapel. So after Mass we went to bring her communion. The priest took the ciborium out of the tabernacle, and I as altar server rang a bell every few steps, so the other Sisters could hear us coming and knew they had to kneel. Afterwards the Sisters where completely touched, they thought it was beautiful, that bell ringing in the silence of the monastery (normally they have no altar servers on weekdays to ring the bell). They heard Our Lord was passing by, even though they didn't see Him.
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Around here, at least in my experience, the priest will simply give a pyx with the Host to a parishioner.
Yeah, I get it, "priest shortage"... Eh. I think they could be making time to do it properly.