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  • ABOUT
    • Our History
    • Our Mission
    • Our Team
    • Parishioner Registration
    • Mass and Penance Times
    • Contact Us
  • SACRAMENTS
    • Baptism
    • Penance
    • Eucharist
    • Confirmation
    • Matrimony
    • Holy Orders
    • Anointing of the Sick
  • FORMATION
    • Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
    • Faith Formation (CCD)
    • Youth Group
    • RCIA
    • Small Groups
    • Perpetual Adoration
    • Daily Readings
  • HEALING
    • Annulment
    • Bereavement
    • Sick and Homebound
    • Prayer Chain
  • STEWARDSHIP
    • Parish Organizations
    • Mass Volunteers
    • Gifts of Time and Talent
    • SCRIP
    • Food Pantry
  • DONATE
  • NEWS & EVENTS
    • Bulletins and Newsletters
    • Calendars
      • Church Calendar
      • Church and School Combined Calendar
      • Subscribe to Google Calendar
    • Flocknote
    • Hallow
    • Growing Disciples
    • WATCH Weekend
    • Fish Fry
    • Totus Tuus
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Anointing of the Sick

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.
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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. 

~from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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"Anointing of the Sick".
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
119 E. HOWARD ST., PONTIAC, IL 61764
PHONE (815) 844-7683   ​FAX (815) 842-4345

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  • ABOUT
    • Our History
    • Our Mission
    • Our Team
    • Parishioner Registration
    • Mass and Penance Times
    • Contact Us
  • SACRAMENTS
    • Baptism
    • Penance
    • Eucharist
    • Confirmation
    • Matrimony
    • Holy Orders
    • Anointing of the Sick
  • FORMATION
    • Catechesis of the Good Shepherd
    • Faith Formation (CCD)
    • Youth Group
    • RCIA
    • Small Groups
    • Perpetual Adoration
    • Daily Readings
  • HEALING
    • Annulment
    • Bereavement
    • Sick and Homebound
    • Prayer Chain
  • STEWARDSHIP
    • Parish Organizations
    • Mass Volunteers
    • Gifts of Time and Talent
    • SCRIP
    • Food Pantry
  • DONATE
  • NEWS & EVENTS
    • Bulletins and Newsletters
    • Calendars
      • Church Calendar
      • Church and School Combined Calendar
      • Subscribe to Google Calendar
    • Flocknote
    • Hallow
    • Growing Disciples
    • WATCH Weekend
    • Fish Fry
    • Totus Tuus