Title V. The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick (Cann. 998 - 1007)

Can. 998 The anointing of the sick, by which the Church commends the faithful who are dangerously ill to the

suVering and glorified Lord in order that he relieve and save them, is conferred by anointing them with oil and

pronouncing the words prescribed in the liturgical books.