The anointing of the sick report

The Anointing of the Sick
The
Anointing
of the
Sick
SACRAMENT OF HEALING
Br. Larson Kim Baltazar, P2

What is the Anointing of the sick?
The Catholic Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick celebrates
and carries out the healing ministry of Jesus. The Sacrament of
Anointing offers persons strength, peace, and courage to overcome the
hardships of serious illness or the increasing frailty of old age.
Christ, the physician of our soul and body, instituted these
sacraments because the new life that he gives us in the sacraments of
Christian initiation can be weakened and even lost because of sin.
Therefore, Christ willed that his Church should continue his work of
healing and salvation by means of these two sacraments (Penance and
Anointing of the Sick).
Source: Catechism of the Catholic Church 1420-1421, 1426

A Sacrament of the Sick
“This sacred anointing of the sick was
instituted by Christ our Lord as a true and
proper sacrament of the New Testament. It is
alluded to indeed by Mark, but is recommended
to the faithful and promulgated by James the
apostle and brother of the Lord.” - Council of
Trent (1551)
Source: Catechism of the Catholic Church 1511

Sickness and Suffering viewed in the
Old Testament
God’s people lamented
their illness and viewed
the Lord as the ultimate
Master of life and death.
Early Israelites believed
further that all suffering
directly resulted as
punishment for sin.
Later, people understood
that the faithful needed to
endure sufferings
patiently.

Jesus Explains Suffering
• Sickness and death are not God’s way of punishing us.
• God loves the sick and disabled just as much as he loves
healthy people.
• God’s love is stronger than sickness, pain, suffering, and
death.
• God does not abandon us when we are sick or suffering.
• The sick should not be treated as outcasts; instead, they
have an important role to play in the community.

The Church Heals the Sick
As faithful followers of Christ,
the Apostles and the first
Christian communities carried
on his healing mission. The
Letter of James, written to
mention members of the early
Christian church, suggests that
prayer, the laying on of hands,
and the use of blessed oil were
all common healing practices
among them.

Scriptural Proof
The Sacrament took shape from the healings of Jesus
and the practices of his first followers. It drew heavily from the
passage from Saint James wherein all the elements of a true
Sacrament are mentioned.
Source: Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma

Early Third Century
The Apostolic Tradition (Paradosis),
written around 215 AD and traditionally
attributed to Hippolytus of Rome, was one of
the earliest liturgical manuals. It included a
blessing for oil to be used for anointing of the
sick
Source: Doors to the Sacred – Joseph Martos,
Chapter X, 2. Healing and Anointing in the
Early Church, pg. 329
A Brief History of the Sacrament

A Brief History of the Sacrament
In the early centuries,
Christians would gather
around and pray for him
or her and then rub
blessed oil on body
parts that needed
healing
During Middle Ages, a
priest was at deathbeds
of the dying to ensure
safe departure into the
afterlife
By the 13th century, the
Sacrament became
know as extreme
unction—“last
anointing”—and was
only given when death
seemed imminent

Changes after
Vatican II
In reforming the
sacrament, the Council
embraced both of the
traditional meanings of
the sacrament:
It is a sacrament of the
sick with an emphasis on
healing and faith in God’s
presence in suffering.
It is a sacrament of the
dying to prepare people
for death.

Viaticum “Food for the Journey”
is a term used especially in
the Catholic Church for
the Eucharist administered,
with or without Anointing
of the Sick (also called
Extreme Unction), to a
person who is dying, and is
thus a part of the Last
Rites.

Apostolic Pardon
The Apostolic Pardon (or blessing) is an
indulgence given in situations of danger of death,
usually after the absolution of the sacrament of
penance. The focus is on the remission of
temporal punishment due to sin.
FORM: "Through the holy mysteries of our
redemption may almighty God release you from
all punishments in this life and in the life to
come. May he open to you the gates of paradise
and welcome you to everlasting joy." Or "By the
authority which the Apostolic See has given me, I
grant you a full pardon and the remission of all
your sins in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit."

Matter
According to Ritual for the Anointing of the Sick, the
appropriate matter for the sacrament is olive oil, or in case of
necessity, vegetable oil. This oil (Oleum infirmorum) should be
blessed by the bishop or by a priest with this faculty.
“The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is given to those who
are seriously ill by anointing them on the forehead and hands
with duly blessed oil – pressed from olives or from other plants.”
Source: Apostolic Constitution “Sacram unctionem infirmorum”

Form
Latin: Per istam sanctam Unctionem et suam
piisimam misericordiam adiuvet te Dominus
gratia Spiritus Sancti, / ut a peccatis liberatum te
salvet atque propitius allevet.
English: “Through this holy anointing may the
Lord in his love and mercy help you with the
grace of the Holy Spirit - (Forehead)
May the Lord who frees you from sin save you
and raise you up.” – (Hands)

Minister
• PRIEST
• BISHOP

Symbol of this Sacrament
Oil – symbolizes cleansing from sin, healing from illness, and
consecration to God.
The Sign of the Cross – reminds Catholics that their
salvation comes from the cross of Jesus Christ, and that they
unite their suffering to those of Jesus.
Anointing (Forehead) – symbolizes the need to know
Christ and follow Him.
Anointing (Hands) – symbolizes that their activity must be
turn over to Christ.
Laying on of Hands – comforts the sick person but also
symbolizes the power of God entering the sick person through
the mediation of the Priest or Bishop.

Rite of Anointing
• Introductory Rites
• Liturgy of the Word
• Litany or Prayer of the
Faithful
• Laying on of Hands
• Blessing of Oil
• Prayer of Thanksgiving
• Anointing with Oil
• Prayer after the
Anointing

Effects of this Sacrament
The special grace of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick
has as its effects:
 The uniting of the sick person to the passion of Christ, for his
own good and that of the whole Church;
 The strengthening, peace and courage to endure in a Christian
manner the sufferings of illness or old age;
 The forgiveness of sins, if the sick person was not able to
obtain it through the sacrament of Penance’
 The restoration of health, if it is conducive to the salvation of
his soul;
 The preparation for passing over to eternal life.
Source: Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1532

When can it be celebrated?
• During times of illness and
physical suffering.
• Before major surgeries.
• During the recovery
process.
• When a person is
seriously ill or dying.
• When a person is
presumed alive.

The Anointing of the Sick: God’s Mercy and unending Love
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, God
seems to have gone to the very limit.
Jesus has given us the sacrament of Baptism, in which original sin
and all pre-Baptismal sins are cleansed from the soul. Allowing for mankind’s
spiritual weakness, Jesus also gave us the sacrament of Penance, by which
post-Baptismal sins could be forgiven. As though he were impatient lest a
soul be delayed a single instant from its entry into heaven, Jesus gave to his
Church the power to remit the temporal punishment due to sin, a power
which the Church exercises in the granting of indulgences.
Finally, as though to make doubly 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.
- Source: http://www.beginningcatholic.com/anointing-of-the-sick

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