ANOINTING OF THE SICK

THE SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING

ROOTED IN
THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF
SICKNESS AND DEATH

IS ESSENTIALLY PART
OF THE LIFELONG JOURNEY
OF CHRISTIAN CONVERSION.
THE CHURCH

FOLLOWING THE
EXAMPLE OF CHRIST

CARES FOR AND PRAYS
FOR THE SICK.
THE SICK,

ALSO FOLLOWING THE
EXAMPLE OF CHRIST

SERVE AS A REMINDER TO
THE CHURCH OF OUR
HUMAN MORTALITY

AND OUR RADICAL NEED
FOR THE REDEMPTION

WHICH CHRISTS PASCHAL
MYSTERY BROUGHT US.
RITE OF THE THIS SACRAMENT

LITURGY OF THE WORD
ACT OF REPENTANCE
CONSISTS OF LAYING ON OF HANDS BY A PRIEST
THE PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH
ANOINTING WITH THE OIL OF THE SICK
EFFECTS OF THE
CELEBRATION

PARTICULAR GIFT OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT

THIS GRACE RENEWS TRUST
AND FAITH IN GOD

AND STRENGTHENS AGAINST
THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE
EVIL ONE,

THE TEMPTATION TO
DISCOURGEMENT
AND ANGUISH IN THE FACE
OF DEATH
UNION WITH
THE PASSION OF CHRIST

THE SICK PERSON RECEIVES
THE STRENGTH

AND THE GIFT OF UNITING
HIMSELF MORE CLOSELY

TO CHRISTS PASSION:
THE SAVIORS REDEMPTIVE
SUFFEERING
ECCLESIAL GRACE

BY CELEBRATING
THIS SACRAMENT

THE CHURCH INTERCEDES
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
SICK PERSON

HENCE CONTRIBUTING
TO THE SANTIFICATION
OF THE CHURCH
A PREPARATION
FOR THE FINAL JOURNEY

IT IS GIVEN TO THOSE
AT THE POINT OF
DEPARTING FROM THIS LIFE

THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK
FORTIFIES THE END OF THE
EARTHLY LIFE
WHO CAN RECEIVE THIS
SACRAMENT?

THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK
IS NOT A SACRAMENT
FOR THOSE ONLY
WHO ARE AT THE POINT OF
DEATH.
AS SOON AS ANYONE OF THE FAITHFUL BEGINS TO BE IN
DANGER OF DEATH THE FITTING TIME TO RECEIVE THIS
SACRAMENT HAS CERTAINLY ALREADY ARRIVED
VIATICUM

COMMUNION
IN THE BODY AND BOOD OF
CHRIST
RECEIVED AT THE MOMENT OF
PASSING OVER TO THE FATHER.

HE WHO EATS MY FLESH
AND DRINKS MY BLOOD
HAS ETERNAL LIFE
AND I WILL RAISE HIM UP
AT THE LAST DAY.