And here it is to be noted, concerning the Oil for Baptism, the Milk and Honey for the Baptized, the Chrism for Confirmation, and the Oil for the Sick; that if all, or more than one of them, are to be consecrated on the same day, they may be consecrated the one after the other, in the same order that they follow each other in this Book. THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK. When a Sick Person, not able to come to the Church, is desirous to receive the Eucharist in his house, he must give timely notice to the Priest, signifying also how many there are to communicate with him. Upon which the Priest, as soon as he conveniently may, shall carry a proper quantity of the consecrated Eucharistic elements, which were reserved at the Public Communion, to the Sick Person's house; where a convenient place, and all things necessary, being so prepared that the Priest may reverently minister, he shall there administer the holy Communion after the form and manner following. The elements being covered with a fair white linen Cloth, the Priest (or the Deacon, if he be there, as well as the Priest) shall say, The Introit appointed for this occasion is part of the forty-first Psalm. Then shall be said the Introit. BLESSED is he that considereth, &c. (v. 1-5. and 10-13.) Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c. Amen. ૨ Then the Priest shall say to the People, The Lord be with you; Answ. And with thy spirit. Pr. or Deac. Let us pray. Then the People shall kneel, and the Priest shall say, Lord, have mercy upon us. Answ. Christ, have mercy upon us. Pr. Lord, have mercy upon us. Then shall the Priest say the following Prayer. ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid : Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then shall be read the Collect, as followeth. ALMIGHTY ever-living God, Maker of mankind, who correctest those whom thou dost love, and chastisest every one whom thou dost receive: We beseech thee to have mercy upon this thy servant visited with thine hand; and to grant that he may take his sickness patiently, and recover his bodily health, if it be thy gracious will; and that whensoever his soul shall depart from the body, it may be carried by thy holy angels into the region of the blessed, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Immediately after the Collect the People shall rise, and the Priest or Deacon, being turned to them, shall read the Epistle, saying: The Epistle is written in the twelfth chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews, beginning at the fifth verse. The Epistle. My son, despise not thou, &c. (v. 5, 6.) The Epistle ended, he shall say, Here endeth the Epistle. Then shall he read the Gospel, saying, The Holy Gospel is written in the fifth chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, beginning at the twenty-fourth verse. And the People shall answer, Glory be to thee, O Lord. The Gospel. VERILY, verily, I say unto you, &c. (v. 24.) The Gospel ended, he shall say, Here endeth the Holy Gospel. And the People shall answer, Thanks be to thee, O Lord. Then shall the Priest and People say the following Creed. I BELIEVE in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, The only-begotten Son of God, Begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, Begotten, not made, Consubstantial with the Father, By whom all things were made: Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man, And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father; And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead: Whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, the Giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church : I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins And I look for the resurrection of the dead, And the life of the world to come. Amen. Then the Priest shall uncover the Eucharistic elements, and, turning to the People, and signing himself with the sign of the Cross upon his forehead, he shall say, THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with you all ; Answ. And with thy spirit. Pr. Lift up your hearts; Answ. We lift them up unto the Lord. Pr. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God; |