Extreme Unction Rogier Van der Weyden.

Saturday 11^th February, Our Lady of Lourdes.

During the Community Mass
the Abbot conducted
the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.

Mass for the anointing of the Sick

During the Community Mass today, World Day of Prayer for the Sick, there be the anointing of the sick.

We will use one of the new Eucharistic Prayers appropriate for this Mass.

After the Gospel, the community will stand for the anointing. Those who wish to be anointed should remain seated.

Each one will be anointed on the forehead with a prayer of blessing.

At the end, the Principal celebrant washes his hands. The Prayer of the Faithful follows.

Rest of Mass as usual

Anointing of the Sick

Lord bless this oil and bless OlD'" sick brother/sister whom we will anoint with it.

Lay on hand.

Anoint head:

Through this holy anointing may the Lord in his love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit. R: Amen

Anoint hands:

May the Lord who frees you from sin save you and raise you up. R: Amen

Conditional:

If you are alive we pray: Through this holy anointing may the Lord in his love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit. R:

Amen.

May the Lord who frees you from sin save you and raise you up. R: Amen.

http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk/Home/News-Releases/World-Day-of-Prayer-for-the-Sick

World Day of Prayer for the Sick

Bishop Hope in Westminster Cathedral at a Mass
for the World Day of Prayer for the Sick

Pope Benedict XVI has released his message for the 2012 World Day of Prayer for the Sick. Falling on 11 February, the day's theme is "Stand up and go; your faith has saved you" (Lk 17:19).

The Holy Father focuses on the sacraments of healing; the Sacrament of Penance - the "medicine of confession" - and the Anointing of the Sick.

Raising up the latter, Pope Benedict says:

"This sacrament deserves greater consideration today both in theological reflection and in pastoral ministry among the sick. Through a proper appreciation of the content of the liturgical prayers that are adapted to the various human situations connected with illness, and not only when a person is at the end of his or her life (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1514), the Anointing of the Sick should not be held to be almost “a minor sacrament” when compared to the others. Attention to and pastoral care for sick people, while, on the one hand, a sign of God’s tenderness towards those who are suffering, on the other brings spiritual advantage to priests and the whole Christian community as well, in the awareness that what is done to the least, is done to Jesus