Article 5. The Anointing of the Sick

1499

“By the sacred anointing of the sick and the prayer of the priests the whole Church commends those who are ill to the suffering and glorified Lord, that he may raise them up and save them. And indeed she exhorts them to contribute to the good of the People of God by freely uniting themselves to the Passion and death of Christ.”1

Subsections

I. Its Foundation in the Economy of Salvation

II. Who Receives and Who Administers This Sacrament

III. How is This Sacrament Celebrated?

IV. The Effects of the Celebration of This Sacrament

V. Viaticum, the Last Sacrament of the Christian

In Brief

Footnotes

LG 11; cf. Jas 5:14-16; Rom 8:17; Col 1:24; II Tim 2:11-12; I Pet 4:13.