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Spiritual Care for the Sick and Dying
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The Michigan Catholic Conference (MCC) just came out with an updated set of guidelines and resources for end of life decision. Click here to learn more.
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We hope you will find this information helpful in knowing how to pray
Knowing that priests can be difficult to find if one waits until the last minute to be anointed or has family members who don't practice and have no intention of calling a priest, I came up with a list of prayers and practices with which any lay person should be familiar. It would be ideal if we could all receive our last sacraments from a priest, but given our limitations, we might have to make other arrangements and do the best we can. Here are some of those practices to promote as well as the original handout.
for a loved one who is ill or dying.
What prayers do we pray when we can’t get a priest? How to prepare?
§ Confess your sins to God privately & forgive all who have hurt you / reconcile with others – pray an Act of Contrition / pray Psalm 51
§ Read Scripture – especially about the promises of salvation in the Gospels
§ Pray for mercy for yourself & for all the dying ( DVM Chaplet / Rosary)
§ Profess your faith (pray the Creed) – make Acts of Faith, Hope & Love
§ Make an Act of Spiritual Communion when you cannot receive physically
§ Ask protection of St. Michael, your guardian angel and patron saints (e.g., St. Joseph, patron of the dying http://www.piousunionofstjoseph.org )
§ Pray a Litany of the Saints
§ Wear the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel