“Is any among you sick? Let him call for the presbyters of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.”
Jas 5:14-15
The sacrament of Anointing of the Sick has as its purpose the conferral of a special grace on the Christian experiencing the difficulties inherent in the condition of grave illness or old age. This sacrament is not intended solely for those at the point of death but for any baptized person who is seriously ill or in danger of death, in order to witness Christ’s living and loving presence to the sick.
The special grace of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick has as its effects:
For Anointing, please call the Parish Office at 504-865-7430.