[netmilsmom]

Oh geez oh pete. Lord Love this good man. I pray someone so righteous is there as I breathe my last breath.

[Soothesayer]

Wow, that’s pretty wild. If I was a survivor I’d be saying “the worms will have a mighty feast this month!”

[ZGuy]

Please don't shoot me, this is an honest request! --

I see a similarity between this and the Mormon practice of baptizing for the dead which was brought up here a few days ago. In each case it seems one person is taking an action which (in their religious belief) will have some effect upon another in the afterlife. Could a kind Catholic please tell this Catholic-belief-challenged evangelical where this practice comes from, because I am not aware of it in the bible. And if it comes from tradition, that's OK, I just want to be better informed.

[MEGoody]

I was on another thread where a few Catholics (and non-Catholics) were all up in arms because Mormons dared to pray for dead persons who had been Catholic (i.e. praying for their souls). So. . .question: Unless this priest made sure he was only giving last rights to Catholics, is what he did any different from what the some Mormons did?

I'm neither Catholic nor Morman, but neither practice offends me. I believe them to be useless as the individual's eternal destination has already been sealed once they breathe their last, but I certainly wouldn't get bent out of shape if someone performed either practice on behalf of a member of my family.

[dead]

I’m not overly religious, but anybody is welcome to pray for me to anybody they feel like praying to.

[diamond6]

I’m curious.... last rites AFTER the person has died, does it still apply?

[NYer]

Well worth reading the complete article at the above link.

Donald Ashman, seen at his Thousand Oaks home, is an Anglican priest who was a passenger on the Metrolink train that crashed Friday in Chatsworth. Though still in a daze from the collision, he administered last rites to people who died at the scene. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) September 17, 2008

[Berlin_Freeper]

These days people should be happy their dead body doesn't get robbed.

[windcliff]

ping

[delacoert]

I was very moved by the whole account printed in this article.

The last line of the article says, "Ashman said he plans to return to preaching this weekend. He doesn't know if he'll talk about the crash but expects to talk about healing, of both body and soul."

[bboop]

The Catholic church welcomes and annoints ‘em on the way in and annoints ‘em again on the way out. Well, on the way to Heaven. Birth to death covering.

[wardaddy]

Very nice.

This reminds me of the only good part of the Apostle....the very beginning at the car wreck.

God bless....I’m not Catholic but I sure wouldn’t mind that last blessing-prayer.

[arthurus]

You can’t give “last rites” to the dead. It has to be given conditionally where it is not known if the person is dead or still alive.

[Salvation]

God bless Father Ashman.

[Churchillspirit]

We pray for dead people all the time. Rev. Ashman was able to pray for these victims in a very personal way.

Good for him.

[narses]

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