35 Pyx

A pyx is a small container that is used to carry Holy Communion to those who are sick or housebound. Sometimes a priest may be called out to take Holy Communion to someone who is very ill. Usually in a parish, there is a rota of Eucharistic ministers who take Holy Communion to the sick or housebound and sometimes this will be done immediately after Sunday Mass. Those who are sick or housebound are still in communion with the rest of the Parish. During the prayers of intercession, we remember those who are sick and through Holy Communion, they are united with Christ and the Church in a very special way.

Pyx

CCC 1521 Union with the passion of Christ. By the grace of this sacrament the sick person receives the strength and the gift of uniting himself more closely to Christ's Passion: in a certain way he is consecrated to bear fruit by configuration to the Savior's redemptive Passion. Suffering, a consequence of original sin, acquires a new meaning; it becomes a participation in the saving work of Jesus.