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rabarts
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To all,
I have a question. My 11 month old recently cracked his skull in an accident. He is fine (and was fine, you would never know he was injured). However, we called the local church to receive the sacrament of sick for him. Of course he is baptized and there is no sin, but we wanted the healing graces of the sacrament.
Unfortunately, all of our priests were at a retreat, so only the deacon was available. He offered to bless the child and annoint him. Now I know that deacons cannot perform the sacrament of the sick, so I permitted him to proceed on the understanding that this was not Sacramental (though it may be sacramental with a little s).
Is this permitted, to use the oil of the sick in this way? This could easily lead to confusion. I had not heard or encountered anything like this until now.
This may be one for research.
Thanks,
Ron
I have a question. My 11 month old recently cracked his skull in an accident. He is fine (and was fine, you would never know he was injured). However, we called the local church to receive the sacrament of sick for him. Of course he is baptized and there is no sin, but we wanted the healing graces of the sacrament.
Unfortunately, all of our priests were at a retreat, so only the deacon was available. He offered to bless the child and annoint him. Now I know that deacons cannot perform the sacrament of the sick, so I permitted him to proceed on the understanding that this was not Sacramental (though it may be sacramental with a little s).
Is this permitted, to use the oil of the sick in this way? This could easily lead to confusion. I had not heard or encountered anything like this until now.
This may be one for research.
Thanks,
Ron