The Last Rites
Provided the dying person is of the Catholic faith, absolution is a blessing given by a Roman Catholic Priest, forgiving any sins the dying person may have committed in life and for which the dying person repents.
When you know the person is very sick and on the dying bed, that is the exact time when you call a priest for annointing.
The service held for a dying person was variously called the Viaticum, the Extreme Unction or Last Rites. A priest would conduct the entire service in Latin, usually at the sickbed of the person in their own home. It was a lengthy service and involved the sick person or their relatives responding with "Amen" at various points.The full text, in both Latin and in English translation, can be found via the link below:
One thing that you can do is to have talk with a councilor at a public hospital or if you are a religious person have a chat with a priest. these people will most likely have had experience with dealing with dying people and their relatives and friends.
his/hers Dying words.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta The Pope called the patients at the Nirmal Hriday Ashram, home for the dying, in Calcutta blessed when he recalled his first visit there and his meeting with Mother Teresa at her beatification.
you will die soon but be remembered
Yes, but just as a person is made up of a spirit and a body and only the body is capable of dying, so, too, Our Blessed Lord's Body which he got from Our Blessed Lady could die, His Spirit could not.
Catholic AnswerThere is not a specific sacrament for the dying, I believe what you are referring to used to be known as Last Rites. Last Rites consists, if possible, of confession, Anointing, Holy Communion, and the Last Blessing, which amounts to three Sacraments plus the Blessing. The Last Blessing follows the Sacrament of Anointing (used to be called Unction or Extreme Unction) and the priest imparts the Apostolic Blessing which gives a plenary indulgence to the dying person.
Yes you can, but it probably would mean more to them if they were Wiccan.
Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta and her order of nuns worked (and continue to work) with the poor and dying of India.
This is called the "death rattle," and it occurs when air moves through mucus that has accumulated in the throat of a dying person after loss of the cough reflex, and loss of the ability to swallow. It is a common occurrence, and does not cause the dying person any pain.