T his SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK is for Healing of those who are sick and infirmed.
It is administered to those who are gravely ill or are in danger of death,
to strengthen them and prepare them for a peaceful passage from this life to the next.
In the Church's Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick,
through the ministry of the priest, it is Jesus who touches the sick to heal them from sin
and sometimes even from physical ailment.
His cures were signs of the arrival of the Kingdom of God.