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To request an Anointing of the Sick:
For an emergency please call: 507-217-3640
Please contact your parish office to schedule an annointing if it is NOT an emergency. (See phone numbers below)
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In the Church's Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, through the ministry of the priest, it is Jesus who touches the sick to heal them from sin – and sometimes even from physical ailment. His cures were signs of the arrival of the Kingdom of God. The core message of his healing tells us of his plan to conquer sin and death by his dying and rising.
The Rite of Anointing tells us there is no need to wait until a person is at the point of death to receive the Sacrament. A careful judgment about the serious nature of the illness is sufficient.
When the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is given, the hoped-for effect is that, if it be God's will, the person be physically healed of illness. But even if there is no physical healing, the primary effect of the Sacrament is a spiritual healing by which the sick person receives the Holy Spirit's gift of peace and courage to deal with the difficulties that accompany serious illness or the frailty of old age. (USCCB)
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Sacramental Grace
Receiving this sacrament fulfills the words of the Apostle James as he writes “Are there sick persons among you? Let them send for the priests of the Church.” The prayers of the priest are meant to give hope to those that ill, that their sufferings are not pointless. Through their infirmities they are united to Christ suffering on the cross. The prayers of the priest may bring healing, but they primarily strengthen one to remain close to Jesus, that they have the spiritual clarity to see the good things that is working through them. That they may remain in the firm hope that the Lord is drawing them to heaven to be with Him forever.
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