Found "Divinity Crucifix-sick call set" in church and brought it home

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one day when i went to the church near st jude statue, on the floor i found a crucifix. I found that it was so irreverent to have the crucifix lying there on the floor near the foot of the saint. So I picked it up and placed it near the candles hoping that someone would do something with it. Even after so many days, I find that the crucifix is lying at the end of the candles - and I felt really bad. Today, I felt really compelled to go to the church ( I feel that way sometimes) so when I went in the evening, I looked at the crucifix and decided to bring it home… I now realise that it is a special kind of Crucifix. There is a bottle of holy water in it, a cloth and a pamphlet. The pamphlet states “Divinity Crucifix-sick call set”.

Does anyone know what this is about??? I am wondering if I was wrong in bringing it home and should I return it?

I just got it home so that I could place it on my altar in a place of respect?

Please help…
 
Ah, interesting,

These sick-call sets are kept in the home and used when the priest is called in to visit a sick member of the household. You would ordinarily set up a table in the room with a white cloth and some candles, with this crucifix in the center. The priest can use the Holy Water to bless the sick person and he can place the ciborium on the table or celebrate Mass there so they may recieve Holy Communion.

If somebody just left it in the church and did not return to claim it, I see no problem with you taking it home.
 
do you know if there is a problem in keeping it in a home where there is no one sick?

i live alone in an apartment… so dont know if that is good or bad…
 
I have my grandpa’s old sick call crucifix in my bedroom, he was homebound, and needed it for his priestly visits. I, nor anyone in my home is sick, it is just a beautiful reminder of my “Paw Paw”.

I don’t see any problem with it in your home, but I would leave a description of it in the rectory, along with your contact info in case someone should come looking for it. They are not cheep.
 
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do you know if there is a problem in keeping it in a home where there is no one sick?

i live alone in an apartment… so dont know if that is good or bad…
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No, thats fine. In the event that you, or someone you know, is sick and needs a priest then this will come in handy.
 
mariam1976 said:
do you know if there is a problem in keeping it in a home where there is no one sick?

i live alone in an apartment… so dont know if that is good or bad…
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My parents have had one for years that belonged to my grandfather. I didn’t know these were still around. It should be fine to keep it, I think you may even hang it on your wall if you like.
 
It used to be that almost every Catholic home had some sort of sick set. We received one as a gift when we married 45 years ago, and we now have the ones that our parents on both sides owned. Two of them are crucifixes that slide open to reveal a cavity containing two small candles, a small bottle of holy water, and at this time nothing else. I think there used to be cotton balls for wiping the anointing oil off the priests fingers after Extreme Unction. They were used when ever the priest would bring communion into the home for the very ill. Today lay ministers perform this function and the priest only comes when someone needs to receive Anointing of the Sick. I don’t think they are used much anymore.
 
I think you should call the chuch and let them know you found it. In fact, I probably would have taken it into the office the 2nd time I saw it unclaimed.
 
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