The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-09-19
THE CORRECT THING FOR THE
SICK.

To know that soldiers who have
been wounded, persons dying from
an accident, those washed ashore in
whom life is not yet extinct, can and
should be anointed.
To know that infants and born idiots
can not be anointed, since they can
not commit sin.
To know that those dying i'm
penitent, or in state of mortal sin
as a drunkard in his drunkenness
or in the commission of crime-as a
man shot in duel-can not receive
this sacrament unless there is some
reason to think that at the moment
of death there is sincere penitence.
For all present at the administra-
ton of the last sacramento to join in
the prayers for the dying.
If the patient be woman, for
another woman to make the sign of
the cross upon her forehead, mouth,
and breast, if she is unable to do so
herself at the proper time in the
prayers for the dying.
For patient to accept the illness
suffering in union with the sufferings
and death of our Lord.
To be patient and resigned. To
take the medicine and nourishment
prescribed.
To have CrucifiX, a rosary, and
some holy water constantly within
reach.
For relatives and friends to be as
calm and composed as possible. To
exclude all worldly considerations
from the chamber of the dying.
For some one of those in attendance
on dying person to keep reciting
suitable prayers until the soul has
left the body.
To have one or more blessed
candles lighted near the bedside
To press the crucifx to the dying
lips and to sprinkle the bed repeat
edly with holy water.
To know that candles are blessed
in all churches on Candlemas day, and
that every Catholic should provide
himself with some.
To know that the candles should be
wax.
To know that all members of a
parish can only be attended in case
of sickness by the priests belonging
to the parish.
To always provide a companion or
attendant when sending for a priest
after dark.
To insist upon seeing the priest
back home to his own house.
To abstain from conversation if the
priest is carrying the Blessed Sacra-
ment, and to accompany with prayer.
In country places where the priest
lives great distance and his call en-
tails expense, to cover the amount not
with thanks alone, but with means to
pay railroad fare or horse hire.
1t is Not the Correct Thing
To defer sending for the priest I'M
til death is imminent and the patient
almost speechless.
To go for the priest In the middle
of the night when the patient Ia not
in danger. of dying without the sacra-
ments.
To omit having the table with the
candle, ETC., prepared when the priest
IS expected with the Sacred Host.
To use a dingy or colored cover, a
broken spoon, dirty glass for the
water, or a candle that has not been
blessed.
To be without holy water
To have no crucifix in the house.
To forget to light the candles.
To allow anyone in the room who
will not act with proper respect
whilst the priest is administering the
sacraments.
To alarm the patient with exagger-
ated accounts of his illness.
To deceive the patient with false
assurances as to his condition.
To oppose sending for the priest if
the patient desires his presence,
whether he is in danger of death or
not
To omit telling the priest when a
visit of consolation merely is desired,
so that he can choose his own time
for paying the call.
To omit informing the priest when
any member of a family is i'll.
To go for a priest outside of the
parish, as a priest is not supposed to
answer sick-calls outside of his own
parish.
To allow whispering, needless talk
ing, or strong outbursts of grief in