The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick

Anointing

• It came from the Latin word “inungere”, from in-upon the ungere means __, smear with oil, typically as part of a religious ceremony.

• This is also being used in many occasions like to nominate or choose (someone) as successors to or leading candidate for a position.

The Sacrament of Anointing

• This is a sacrament which through laying on of hands, the prayer of faith and the anointing with blessed oil, provides the sick with Christ’s healing grace of the Holy Spirit.

• Christ passed on his own ministry of healing the sick and the infirm to the apostles and the church.

  • Changing it’s aim to serving sick, not only the dying, and hence the change of its name to “Anointing of the sick, instead of Extreme Unction.”

    • Matter - the blessed oil

    • Form - the prayer formula / Viaticum

    • Who - person with grave illness and in danger of death

      Effects:

    • trust in God in encouraged.

    • strength is given to resist the temptation of the evil one and anxiety about death.

    • a return to physical health may even follow if it will be beneficial to the sic person’s salvation.

Holy Viaticum

• It’s the Eucharist given to the dying Christion.

• It vividly pictures Christ as leading and accompanying in his own saving works.

Viaticum

• The prayer formula