Really? That’s kind of surprising. Would it be limited to suicidal cases? That’d make sense, but still be odd, since hospitalization can reduce that risk to effectively zero, if suicide is a probable danger.
And that’s exactly what I’ve been trying to say all along.
Still looking. (Remember, I have other things to do at my desk.)
Found it.
Yes, that’s brief. Still, it’s there.
I wanted to address this earlier, but spent time on other things then just remembered now.
Please note the difference between what I posted and what you asked in your followup.
Hi @Jilly9 thank you for your reponse I am so pleased that you have received healing from Our Lord. Thanks Be to God.
The argument has been made that the term “serious illness” in the Rite can be interpreted to apply to illnesses which have no possibility of being lethal. But given that the Church elsewhere states expressly that it is for those who “begin to be in danger of death”, wouldn’t it be more reasonable to hold that “serious illness” means the same (especially given that the translation of that phrase is difficult)?
Apparently, YOU are not aware of the difference between an illness and a medical procedure.
It’s is one step, one ambiguous and undefined step, before “begins to be in danger of death.”FrDavid96:
The argument has been made that the term “serious illness” in the Rite can be interpreted to apply to illnesses which have no possibility of being lethal. But given that the Church elsewhere states expressly that it is for those who “begin to be in danger of death”, wouldn’t it be more reasonable to hold that “serious illness” means the same (especially given that the translation of that phrase is difficult)?
Sacrosanctum Concilium #73 “Extreme unction,” which may also and more fittingly be called “anointing of the sick,” is not a sacrament for those only who are at the point of death. Hence, as soon as any one of the faithful begins to be in danger of death from sickness or old age, the fitting time for him to receive this sacrament has certainly already arrived.
Can. 1004 §1. The anointing of the sick can be administered to a member of the faithful who, having reached the use of reason, begins to be in danger due to sickness or old age.
Obviously you too ignored what I wrote and decided to attack me personally instead.
What you have written is wrong.
This position is certainly not incorrect – and it is classically held.
There is no illness. That is precisely why I chose that example. In fact, the presence of an illness or medical condition can be a contraindication to the donor even donating the kidney.
Thank you for writing this…this is the other side that the pastoral care agent has to take into account when making the decision about the Sacrament of the Sick.
If the patient is one who demonstrates they are observant – speaking to me of Mass attendance, frequenting the sacraments, regular prayer, as they are prepared for the tests and procedures I know are ahead, I will ask if they would like God’s medicine…which can offer His strength and His consolation and His comfort and the assurance of His presence in a tangible and perceptible way as the doctors and nurses are about what can be done medically
As I always told my students in the lecture hall and in clinical practicum, the text says “in danger”…not “in danger of death”. Do not apply the latter when the text says the former.
Obviously, if the patient manifests any sign toward the – thankfully outdated and much less encountered today when compared with my years as a young priest – concept that this is a sacrament offered at the moment of approaching death, I won’t suggest the sacrament as readily in that circumstance as it will further add to the patient’s psychological trauma and likely induce even greater anxiety.