The sick person answers "Amen." All who wish to do so receive Communion in the usual way. After a time of silence, the minister says the following or another prayer: ...
According to an estimate released in April by the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, the number of single-person households with individuals aged 65 or older will rise ...
Yet with everything I’ve done in my life, the one thing that people I meet focus on is my marital status, and I’m sick of being asked ... and the older I got, the more I valued my independence.