SACRAMENT OF HEALING

QUIZ ANSWER :

1. Make a distinction between these terms : Penance, Reconciliation,

and Confession. (15 points)

Answer : The “Penance” is a sacrament where one is confessing their sins through
a priest seeking for forgiveness. This sacrament can’t be done or isn’t effective and
fruitful without the Confession. “Confession” means to reveal your sins or secret to
God. Which the very purpose of the Confession is to seek for forgiveness, without it
you will not be forgiven by God. However, the term “Reconciliation” means when
God forgiven you, now it is your time to reconciled again with God. Reconciliation is
making an agreement or promises with God to not retry your sins to Him.

2. Why is there a need for us to confess our sins to the priest? Explain
your answer. (15 points)

Answer : Because the priest is an “Alter Cristus” or the persona of Jesus is

embodied with the priests. Remember in the Bible, which says, “whatever you bind
on earth, shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loosed on earth shall loosed
in heaven”. These words, means that when we confess our sins to the priest, it is
Christ he is talking to through the priest, and therefore it is Christ who is offering
forgiveness. There we can sure that our sins was surely forgiven by God because it
is Christ who are we talking personally through the image of the priest.
 3. Describe the following terms : Holy Viaticum, Extreme Unction, and
Anointing. (15 points)

Answer :

 Holy Viaticum — is the sacrament or a holy communion prepared by priest

to a dying person. And this sacrament is the preparation for a passing over to
eternal life. When we receive the Eucharist as viaticum, Jesus is present with
us and in us to guide us on our way to eternal life. Jesus is our food for the
journey to heaven.

 Extreme Unction – is a sacrament which offers by priest to the sick patients

through anointing and prayer. It is a sacrament that pertains to the healing of
body— (health), and soul —(mortal sins) and that is by anointing and prayer
of the priest to the sick one. In pertains of the body conditions or health, the
sacrament of Extreme Unction may given as often as a person recovering from
one attack of sickness is in danger of death by another because the sacrament
has the power to regain back our health and it can strengthen our souls
including the cleansing of our mortal sins and or the remaining sins of the man
but with a specified condition, provided that he has the sorrow for his sins that
would be necessary for the worthy reception of the sacrament of Penance.
However, this sacrament may be only offered to those consent patients or to
those who are willing but if not, it is not, the church is free from any
responsibility of letting a Catholic die without the last Sacraments. To do the
sacrament, make sure that the sick room, sick attendants, and most
importantly the anointed one is thoroughly clean. The parts of the body
anointed in Extreme Unction are as follows : the eyes, the ears, the nose, the
lips, the hands and the feet, because these represent our senses of sight,
hearing, smell, taste and touch, which are the means through which we have
committed most of our sins. And when the priest is coming to the anointed
one, make sure that all things are prepared well such as the table must be
covered with a white cloth; a crucifix; two lighted candles in candlesticks; holy
water in a small vessel, with a small piece of palm for a sprinkler; a glass of
clean water; a tablespoon and a napkin or cloth, to be placed under the chin
of the one receiving the Viaticum. Besides these, if Extreme Unction also is to

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purify the priest's fingers. And all things used during the sacrament shall be
carefully kept in every Catholic family, and if possible should not be used for
any other purpose.

 Anointing — is a sacrament of visitations of the sick led by priest to anoints

the seriously ill, injured, or the elderly with the oil of the sick. The oil of the
sick is a special oil used for the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. It is
blessed by the bishop at the Chrism Mass during Holy Week. In addition to
anointing, the person is often offered Holy Communion and sometimes occurs
in a church and is given to the sick or elderly in a community setting. It often
takes place in homes, nursing homes, and hospitals. And in the Rites of the
Anointing of the Sick, the priest anoints the sick person on the forehead,
saying, “Through this holy anointing may the Lord in his love and mercy help
you with the grace of the Holy Spirit. Amen.” However, this sacrament is will
be raise only for the physical spiritual healing.

4. When is the right time to call a priest to administer the sacrament of

the anointing of the sick and why? (15 points)

Answer : As soon as possible, when a man is nearly to death or at the very

beginning of their illness, to avoid from any distractions at the hours of death of the
patient, and that they may give the last hours of their life entirely to the care of their
soul.