Thursday, October 17
Following the 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM Masses
The anointing of the sick is administered to bring spiritual and even physical strength during an illness, especially near the time of death, but it “is not only who are at the point of death.” (CCC 1514)
If a sick person who received this anointing recovers his health, he can in the case of another grave illness receive this sacrament again. If during the same illness the person’s condition becomes more serious, the sacrament may be repeated. It is fitting to receive the Anointing of the Sick just prior to a serious operation. The same holds for the elderly whose frailty becomes more pronounced. (CCC 1515)