Understanding the Sacraments of Healing: A Rite-Based Approach

Understanding the Sacraments of Healing: A Rite-Based Approach

Understanding the Sacraments of Healing offers insightful catechesis on the sacraments of Penance and Anointing of the Sick. Guiding readers through the words, actions, and signs of the rites, this book explores the connection between the sacraments of healing and daily Christian life. What do the sacraments have to do with faith? With Jesus? With my life? Anyone who celebrates the sacraments and anyone who is charged with preaching or teaching about the sacraments must have clear and compelling answers to these questions today. Fr. Stice gives us essential answers and insights to the sacraments here Anointing of the Sick and Penance and Reconciliation informed by the wisdom of the Church over the centuries. --Christopher Carstens Engaging, insightful, and useful, Understanding the Sacraments of Healing: A Rite-Based Approach will be a valuable resource for anyone who seeks to understand the Church s authentic teaching on the great sacraments of healing. Fr. Stice sheds particularly beautiful light upon these sacraments through the lens of the actual rituals themselves--that privileged place of encounter with the One who calls all men to communion. --Reverend John Paul Erickson