[C.J.L.]

While the medical profession deals with the physical well-being of patients, this sacrament ministers to their spiritual well-being by addressing the sense of fear and isolation felt by those seriously ill or dying. Christians are always invited to hopeful and faith-filled understanding of suffering, which is seen as an association with the Passion of Christ. The sacrament is intended to be an opportunity for special closeness with God, to remind suffering patients of God’s love and to reinforce one’s faith and hope. One is never required to receive it, though some older Catholics may believe that.

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Name : C.J.L., Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Catholic, City : West Bloomfield, State : MI, Country : United States,