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  • Visits to the Sick

    Because of changes in hospital admitting policies, it is necessary to inform the Parish Office when hospitalized parishioners would like a visit from a priest or deacon. Catholic chaplains are assigned to area hospitals to administer the Sacraments. Visitation parish priests visit Elmhurst Hospital twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays.  Please call 630-834-6700 for more information.

  • Father Daniel O'Reilly explains the Sacrament of anointing of the sick

  • The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick gives strength and support and can be administered to anyone struggling with an illness.

    Who may Receive?

    In the Catholic Church, Extreme Unction or the Last Rites is the anointing at the time of death. Since the Second Vatican Council, this sacrament is now called the Anointing of the Sick and has been broadened to offer healing and comfort in times of illness that may not lead to immediate death. Speaking about a wider implementation of this sacrament, Pope Paul VI advocated for “a wider availability of the sacrament and to extend it—within reasonable limits—even beyond cases of mortal illness."

    Unlike the traditional understanding of the Last Rites, the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is, ideally, to be administered in a communal celebration.

    The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that when the sick are anointed they should be "assisted by their pastor and the whole ecclesial community, which is invited to surround the sick in a special way through their prayers and fraternal attention" (1516). "Like all the sacraments the Anointing of the Sick is a liturgical and communal celebration…It is very fitting to celebrate it within the Eucharist" (1517).

    Spiritual Healing

    The healing that occurs in this sacrament of anointing is not necessarily physical healing. While we believe that physical healing can occur through the great power of God, the grace that is infused through this special sacrament is the reminder of the eternal presence of God in our human suffering.

    When the priest blessing the oil of anointing, he asks God to "send the power of your Holy Spirit, the Consoler, into this precious oil. Make this oil a remedy for all who are anointed with it; heal them in the body, in the soul, and in spirit, and deliver them from every affliction" (Pastoral Care of the Sick, #123).

    "The celebration of the Anointing of the Sick consists essentially in the anointing of the forehead and hands of the sick person (in the Roman Rite) or of other parts of the body (in the Eastern rite), the anointing being accompanied by the liturgical prayer of the celebrant asking for the special grace of this sacrament" (CCC 1531).

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PARISH PASTOR Pastor
Rev. John Lindsey
(630) 834-6700

 
  Parochial Vicar Parochial Vicar
Rev. Gregory Alberts
(630) 834-6700 
fralberts@visitationcc.org
 


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