Sacraments are for the living, not the dead
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Fr. John Dietzen
Q. The father of a friend of mine died recently. She found him two days after he died. Her family says she should have called a priest to give him the Sacrament of Penance and anoint him. She didn’t do so because she felt there was no point. What is the proper procedure in these situations? Should she have had a priest come to give him these sacraments?
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