Opening Prayer
By Your help, we beseech you, Lord our God,
may we walk eagerly in that same charity
with which, out of love for the world,
your Son handed himself over to death.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen
(collect from Fifth Sunday of Lent; Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.)Scripture
Gospel from 5th Sunday of Lent – Lazarus is raised from the dead
Patients Rights Action Fund Resources
Catechism 2276-2283;
Compendium 155;
USCCB page on Physician Assisted Suicide
The Catholic Church promotes and encourages hospice and palliative care. Many don’t know what hospice care is or when the right time is to begin care. Here are several videos to explain hospice and palliative care. Choose to review some or all videos as time/setting allows.
Catechesis Video Questions
7-12 grade
Faith sharing/Parishioners
Parish Leadership/Committees
Witness Video Questions
7-12 grade
Faith sharing/Parishioners
Parish Leadership/Committees
Activity Suggestions
7-12 grade
Faith sharing/Parishioners
Parish Leadership/Committees
For whom should we pray for that is facing a terminal diagnosis?
Closing prayer
O God, who willed that our infirmities
be borne by your Only Begotten Son
to show the value of human suffering,
listen in kindness to our prayer
for our brothers and sisters who are sick;
grant that all who are oppressed
by pain, distress or other afflictions
may know that they are chosen
among those proclaimed blessed
and are united to Christ
in his suffering for the salvation of the world.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen
(collect from Roman Missal: For Various Occasions, #45. For the Sick; Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.)