Communion of the sick - Ritual & Pastoral Notes for Lay Min.

Handy Format

This pocket-size ritual for lay people who bring the Eucharist to the sick features

• Pastoral notes and rubrics for communion to the sick
• Ritual for communion to the sick
• Scripture readings using NRSV translation
• Other rituals and prayers appropriate for lay people
• French ritual for communion to the sick-for use in bilingual areas
• Prayer for eucharistic ministers

The booklet also contains the following excerpts from the complete edition of Pastoral Care of the Sick:

• Communion in ordinary circumstances
• Communion in a hospital or institution
• Viaticum outside Mass
• Commendation for the dying
• Prayers for the dead
• Selected readings from sacred Scripture