Livestreaming Mass for World Day of the Sick

Archbishop to Celebrate Mass for World Day of the Sick

11:00 a.m. 
 
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone is the principal celebrant at a special Healing Mass celebrating World Day of the Sick, at which the Anointing of the Sick will take place.  The Benedict XVI Schola will be singing. All are invited. The event is sponsored by the Order of Malta, which will arrange rides for people who need them.

The Order of Malta says: “Bring a friend who is sick, and experience a ‘special time of prayer and sharing, of offering one’s suffering for the good of the Church and of reminding everyone to see in his sick brother or sister the face of Christ’….” 

For information or assistance, contact Kenneth Ryan, KM    415-613-0395      kenmryan@aol.com  

The theme for this year’s Day of the Sick is the words spoken by Jesus when sending forth his apostles to spread the Gospel through acts of love: “You received without payment; give without payment” ( Mt 10:8).

Click here to read Pope Francis's message for World Day of the Sick 2019.

The Mass is livestreamed on and recorded for viewing at any time on the archdiocesan YouTube channel.
 
The World Day for the Sick was inaugurated by St. Pope John Paul II as "a special time of prayer and sharing, of offering one's suffering for the good of the Church and of reminding everyone to see in his sick brother or sister the face of Christ who, by suffering, dying and rising, achieved the salvation of mankind."