Dom Bettinelli posts his brother’s story of his heart attack last year at age 40.  It’s worth a read.  Excerpt:

I was coming in and out.  I do remember reaching over and grabbing the nurse saying, “I need to see a priest now.” She kind of brushed me off and I said, “NO NOW.” The next thing, the priest was standing there.  I said, “Father, I need confession.” He said, “you are all set.” He had just given me the Sacrament of the Sick.  My next thought was wait a minute if I am all set then God is going to take me home.  I need a sin, I need a bad thought or something, I am not ready to be “all set.”

I hope if something similar ever happens to me, that I have the presence of mind to ask for the priest, or that my family does.


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