Tag: Anointing of the Sick
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But Does It Work? – Anointing the Sick as a Model Response to Suffering
An account of Christian hope in the context of sickness and suffering, in my view at least, must be a bodily experience as well as an intellectual one.
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New Book from Mike Joncas
My illness changed my understanding of Anointing, the Eucharist, and my daily prayer.
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Anointing of the Sick and Consumerism
Last fall, I offered a reflection on anointing of the sick. Here, I follow up with some additional reflection on anointing in a secularized society characterized by consumerism.
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A Course on Pastoral Care of the Sick
The course seeks not only to ground students in the Catholic pastoral / theological tradition of care for those who are ill but also seeks in a special way to prepare pre-med and nursing students at Villanova for the gifts and challenges that await them in their chosen careers.
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Ars Praedicandi: Homily for a Ritual Mass for the Anointing of the Sick
The pastoral team at a local Nashville parish has asked me to give a series of adult education sessions this fall on healing and the Pastoral Care of the Sick, including suggested reading for the more engaged participants.
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Dying? Plan ahead: Priests scarce for last rites
by Michael O’Malley, Religion News Service, in USA Today.