Editing Viaticum (section)

== Usage == 
The word ''viaticum'' is a Latin word meaning "provision for a journey", from ''via,'' or "way". For Communion as Viaticum, the Eucharist is given in the usual form, with the added words "May the Lord Jesus Christ protect you and lead you to eternal life". The Eucharist is seen as the ideal spiritual food to strengthen a dying person for the journey from this world to life after death.

Alternatively, ''viaticum'' can refer to an ancient Roman provision or allowance for traveling, originally of transportation and supplies, later of money, made to officials on public missions; mostly simply, the word, a [[haplology]] of ''viā tēcum'' ("with you on the way"), indicates money or necessities for any journey. ''Viaticum'' can also refer to the enlistment bonus received by a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[legionary]], [[Auxiliaries (Roman military)|auxiliary soldier]] or seaman in the Roman [[Roman navy|Imperial Navy]].