What is the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick?
Anointing of the Sick is one of the Sacraments of Healing, administered to those who are sick or nearing death. This sacrament hopes for physical strengthening and spiritual preparation for death should it be near. This sacrament forgives sins, gives grace to face death and judgement, gives spiritual preparation to die, and if God's will, a physical healing.
Who is the Minister of Anointing of the Sick?
Only a priest or bishop may administer Anointing of the Sick.
Anointing of the Sick is one of the Sacraments of Healing, administered to those who are sick or nearing death. This sacrament hopes for physical strengthening and spiritual preparation for death should it be near. This sacrament forgives sins, gives grace to face death and judgement, gives spiritual preparation to die, and if God's will, a physical healing.
Who is the Minister of Anointing of the Sick?
Only a priest or bishop may administer Anointing of the Sick.
Who can receive Anointing of the Sick and how often?
Those who are seriously ill, at the point of death, or are about to undergo a serious operation may receive this sacrament. If a person's health worsens, or further surgeries are necessary, this sacrament may be received as much as necessary.
What is the Form of this Sacrament?
The form is prayer of the priest/bishop over the sick person for the grace of the forgiveness of sins.
Those who are seriously ill, at the point of death, or are about to undergo a serious operation may receive this sacrament. If a person's health worsens, or further surgeries are necessary, this sacrament may be received as much as necessary.
What is the Form of this Sacrament?
The form is prayer of the priest/bishop over the sick person for the grace of the forgiveness of sins.
What is the Matter of this Sacrament?
The matter is anointing with Holy Oil and the imposition of hands.
What is the Rite of this Sacrament?
In the case of Anointing of the Sick, the rite can occur during a regular mass or privately. The anointing begins with the litany and the laying of the hands. Then occurs the blessing of the oil and the anointing. The minister then anoints the candidate with the words, "Through this Holy anointing may the Lord in his love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit." The ceremony then concludes with the prayer after anointing and the Lord's Prayer.
The matter is anointing with Holy Oil and the imposition of hands.
What is the Rite of this Sacrament?
In the case of Anointing of the Sick, the rite can occur during a regular mass or privately. The anointing begins with the litany and the laying of the hands. Then occurs the blessing of the oil and the anointing. The minister then anoints the candidate with the words, "Through this Holy anointing may the Lord in his love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit." The ceremony then concludes with the prayer after anointing and the Lord's Prayer.
How Anointing of the Sick relates to God's Mercy
The Anointing of the Sick is a remarkable sign of God’s great love for us. In his merciful efforts to bring us safely to himself in heaven. As though to make sure that no one, except through his own deliberate fault, would lose heaven or even spend time in purgatory, Jesus instituted the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. The YouCat says that: “The Anointing of the Sick imparts consolation, peace, and strength and unties the sick person, in his precarious situation and his sufferings, with Christ in a profound way. For the Lord experienced our fears and bore our pains in his body.” -YouCat 245
The Anointing of the Sick is a remarkable sign of God’s great love for us. In his merciful efforts to bring us safely to himself in heaven. As though to make sure that no one, except through his own deliberate fault, would lose heaven or even spend time in purgatory, Jesus instituted the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. The YouCat says that: “The Anointing of the Sick imparts consolation, peace, and strength and unties the sick person, in his precarious situation and his sufferings, with Christ in a profound way. For the Lord experienced our fears and bore our pains in his body.” -YouCat 245
Acts 5:12-16
The Apostles Heal Many
12 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade. 13 No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. 14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.15 As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. 16 Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.
Matthew 10:1, 5-10
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,[a] drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts-- 10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.
The Apostles Heal Many
12 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade. 13 No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. 14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.15 As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. 16 Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.
Matthew 10:1, 5-10
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. 6 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,[a] drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
9 “Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts-- 10 no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.
Mark 6: 6-13
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. 7 Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.
8 These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. 9 Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. 10 Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. 11 And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
12 They went out and preached that people should repent. 13 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. 7 Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.
8 These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. 9 Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. 10 Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. 11 And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
12 They went out and preached that people should repent. 13 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.