Ministry with the Sick, Ministry with the Dying, Reconciliation of a Penitant
From A Prayer Book for Australia
“Loving relationships bring with them moments of critical encounter. Alienation and isolation can provide sacred space for repentance and the assurance of being forgiven. Illness, bereavement, death brings forth tensions. The uneasy paradox between “holding on” and “letting go”, of goodbyes and feelings of loss.
The prayers that form the Ministry with the Sick and Dying, Reconciliation of a Penitent From A Prayer Book for Australia offer constructive ways of communicating hope and comfort without diminishing the real feelings of loss.
The wounded nature of Christ – the crucified and Risen One proclaimed in these liturgies invites those involved to a journey of new beginnings.”
The Most Reverend Roger Herft, Archbishop of Perth