General Chat

Delighted for you and your husband Shirley. It's often known that, when Holy Communion is taken to elderly church people who are unable to communicate very well, they are able to recite the service off by heart. They can usually sing hymns and recite psalms too. Their faith is embedded deep within them and it is a very moving thing to witness.

I share your feelings as my husband received Holy Communion at home on Saturday. Special times. xx

So glad for you and your husband that the visit happened and that the Father was so kind and supportive. You must feel very relieved and your hubby probably feels comforted too

Best wishes to you both

Lizxx

Shirley, that's lovely.

Well done you, for persevering <3

Dear Shirley

Hello

Very pleased to hear that you and your husband received
such good support from the priest.


Take gentle care
With many good wishes
Elizabeth,
xx

So pleased for you both, that the father came to visit and your husband was able to respond so well.

My friend's mother, who had trouble remembering whether or not she had had breakfast or lunch that day was also able to take a meaningful interest in a church service. It seemed to unlock some inner part of special memory for her.

I do hope you and your husband continue to receive the full support of his church.

Gwyn

That's really good Shirley, I'm glad the priest is nice and seems supportive to you as well as your OH :-)

Well pleased to say the father came to see OH

What a charming man . He was so very nice and friendly and after the initial conversation which seemed to be me talking !! He asked OH what he would like and after some prompting he said a blessing would be nice

Father gave hubby communion and the the blessing for the sick and an anointment

Hubby surprised me in that he spoke all the the Hail Mary and the lords prayer .this is from a man who can't now put together more than 6 word conversation

Father too said ring me if you get depressed and just need a chat and I will come down
Feel much better now for OH and his spiritual needs :-)

Great news, Shirley x

Well done Shirley, so pleased for you both that things are working out. :-)

Thank you folks for all your kind responses

I knew I wasnt being a drama queen but a concerned wife .

Although I am not a church goer myself my church background is still there and I am a believer just didnt get to church over the years due to little time being a full time commuter to London from Kent and a mum too that had to jiggle the spare time to fit things in

Thank you all <3

Great news Shirley. He who shouts loudest springs to mind. Hope your hubby gets peace of mind now. I know my mom hated missing mass on Sundays.

Take care

Mary xx

It is also good that people in the church now realise that they need to be a bit more vigilant about things like this, not only in your husband's case, but any others in the same situation.

Shirley, I am glad your perseverance paid off and hope your husband will feel better for the visits he has had and are to come. I am sure as long as is possible he will feel more included if he can get to church but it's good to know he was missed and home visits can be made if needed.

My late Mum had visits from her vicar to give her communion which pleased her, she was sometimes picked up and taken to church until she got too poorly so a midweek visit for communion and a chat was nice for her and broke up her week.

I hope this support will continue as long as your husband, and you, need it and that your hubby will be strong enough to keep fighting on.

Lizx

Dear Shirley

Hello

I am very pleased that things have worked out.


Take gentle care
With best wishes to you and your husband
Elizabeth,
xx

I'm really pleased for you and your family Shirley.
I knew there had to be a reason for the non response from the parish priest. :-D

Brilliant :-)

Great news Shirley. So pleased for you and especially your husband. xx

That is really good news for you both. I am pleased it has worked out well for you <3

SOOO got a bit peed off with no response so emailed again to the lady who was listed on the website as in charge of pastoral needs

Got and immediate response and followed by a phone call

She knew Michael and was aware he was looking frail but although she knew his street address she didnt have house number ,She had wondered where he was and if he was OK

She wanted to come to ours to talk to us and was so pleased i had emailed cos she had worried where he was . she even asked the priest who is at the local hospital to look out for him in case .

She arranged to come to ours yesterday afternoon which she did

She said the parish priest has been home in Ghana for 5 weeks and was due back that day

Afraid my office training did step in and I said whoever opened the email should have replied saying that thanks for your contact and we will get back to you when the priest is here . We thought we were being ignored yet again. She agreed

Coincidentally some 10 mins after she rang so did the parish priest . he said he had only just got back and daughters email was in his papers. He is coming too to see Michael

Daughter too after he rang me also rang him and was told he was aware and would be coming to see OH

My concern was that I know how important the church is to OH and if anything happened to him and he hadnt been up to date with the umbrella of his church then that would be devastating for him in his last hours :-|

So hopefully we are getting some support now . they have even suggested they reserve a drop off /pick up point outside the church starting Sunday week so he can get to church , If this doesnt work out then home visits will be arranged

So the lesson is communication/communication /communication as folks aint mind readers

I'm really surprised. Normally at Sunday Mass there are layman folk that receive the Sacrament during Mass and then proceed to the homes of the sick and elderly. I always thought that it was a given that one only had to ask.

I guess as in every walk, some priests are possibly to lazy(?) to organise this efficiently. I am surprised, but then I've been shocked at much I've read about the Church in recent years. Very sad. I hope your husband gets the Sacrament each week as he justly deserves. God bless him.