Be Prepared

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Over the past two weeks, three of our parishioners have had life threatening cerebral incidents. Two of them took  place in Church which in one way was a blessing since both individuals live alone. In one case we are celebrating a "miraculous" recovery.  But in the other two cases, they have taken the final journey home to the Lord.  While I am a canon lawyer and not a civil one, I am taking this opportunity to remind all of us that we should have three documents among our personal papers:  (1) A Last Will and Testament (2) A Power of Attorney and (3) A Health Care Proxy.   It is important to have a conversation (or two!) with your health care proxy and alternate so they know what you want to do should an emergency arise or if you become unable to make your own decisions concerning "end of life issues".  Be prepared.  As we have seen, something can happen in an instant.

Monsignor Hoye