Saints to Help the Sick and Dying
by Monsignor Edmund Goebel

Our life is all about dying well. This gentle book was first published in 1937 to help the dying and diseased and their caregivers to conduct themselves with the mind of the Church at the most important moment in our life.

Explains what is to be done whether a priest is present or not. What are the preparations for Communion of the Sick, for Extreme Unction? What to do when bedside with a non-Catholic?

Explanations of the virtues and Sacraments in the sickroom. Includes 62 patron saints to be invoked against the particular maladies for which they are known to intercede, each with a short biography of the wonderworker and a short prayer.

• How to resign oneself to death • Prayers and indulgences for this critical time • How to console the sick and reconcile the sinner • Listing of the dying words of 63 saints, blessed, and famous laypeople (e.g., Christopher Columbus, Julian the Apostate, Queen Elizabeth, etc.) • Step-by-step guide through the Ritual • Litany of the Dying, Examination of Conscience, making a good confession • Over 60 ejaculations to be recalled at the time of death.

129pp. Red,gold-embossed hardbound, illustrated.