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Dom
DeLorenzo
wrote:
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Hi, guys —
My grandma just passed away last night and
I've been thinking of her all day. I haven't
been able to be as happy, normal and cheery
as I usually am.
She was anointed and I know she's in heaven
right now but it just hurts not having her,
especially since she lived with me.
- Please tell me how God can comfort me
or any way I can be comforted; this emotional
pain is killing me.
- Also, as side note, what grants a priest
the power to anoint the sick and absolve
people of all their sins, just like that?
Thank you so much for being here in my time
of pain.
Sincerely,
Dom
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Please
tell me how God can comfort me in this time
of loss plus what grants a priest the power? }
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Mary
Ann replied:
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Dear Dom,
We hope your grandmother is in Heaven,
but we don't know that. She may be
in Heaven's anteroom, Purgatory,
being purified to enter into the
presence of God. That is why we pray
for the dead, as Scripture recommends;
our prayers help their purification
process and move them into Heaven
more quickly.
As for your grief, it is right, good
and natural to grieve; to have honest
sorrow for your loss.
You can offer the suffering for your
grandmother, and it will help her.
The time of grief will pass, and
even while you are grieving, you
will have a joyful hope for your
grandmother.
Anointing is for healing the body,
the mind, and the soul:
- the body with strength and cure
at times
- the mind with strength and peace
to face suffering and death, and
- the soul by offering God's forgiveness
to the repentant.
It is a great gift to receive at
the hour of sickness or the hour
of death. Be glad of it.
Blessings.
Mary Ann
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Mike
replied:
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Dear Dom,
I'm sorry to hear about your Grandma
passing; I will keep her in my prayers.
You said:
Also, as side
note, what grants a priest the power
to anoint the sick and absolve people
of all their sins, just like that?
I would rather rephrase your question:
Also, as side note, what give
a priest the ability to anoint
the sick and absolve people of
all their sins, just like that?
A holy priest will always be a humble
priest and never view his ordination
as receiving a power,
in the secular sense.
There are only three sacraments that
place a mark on a person's soul:
- the one a person receives at
Baptism
- the one a person receives at
Confirmation, and
- the one a man receives at Holy
Orders
From the Catechism CCC 1570
The sacrament of Holy Orders
marks them with an imprint ("character")
which cannot be removed and which
configures them to Christ, who
made himself the "deacon" or
servant of all.
Whenever a priest administers any
of the sacraments, Jesus, who was
a man, is using the body of the priest,
also a man, to administer the sacrament, and
its corresponding sacramental grace,
so know that when your mother was
anointed, it was Our Lord Jesus doing
the anointing, through the priest.
Hope this helps,
Mike
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