Communion of the Sick: Approved Rites for Use in the United States of America Excerpted from Pastoral Care of the Sick and Dying in English a
by Catholic Church
Category: Religion

"One of the unique features of the revised liturgical books published after the Second Vatican Council is the provision of certain rites at which a layperson is able to preside in the absence of a priest or deacon. This book gathers in one place such rites excerpted from: Holy Communion and worship of the eucharist outside Mass, Pastoral care of the sick: Rites of anointing and viaticum, and Order of Christian funerals"--Introduction.