Unction of the sick is the Sacrament through which the priest anoints the body
of the sick asking for divine grace to cure both body and soul. It is not an
ordinary means of healing diseases and the healing power is not attributed to the
oil but to the prayer. St. James mentions this Sacrament in his Epistle (5: 14, 15).

There should be seven or five priests ordinarily, but a smaller number, even one,
is sufficient. The sick man should be taken to thechurch but if it is impossible, he
is anointed at home. For the anointing both oil and water are used separately and
they are blessed by the priest on each occasion. Water is not essential. Confession
is a part of the rite, and after absolution and anointing, Holy Communion is
administered.

The oil with which the sick is anointed is consecrated. Those who consecrate it
according to the words of the Gospel and the Apostle James, are the ministers.
The manner of consecrating this holy oil is contained in the book called
"The Book of the Lamp" (Matsahafe Quendil) in which there is written a portion
of the Gospel and of the Epistle of the Apostle James.

This holy oil is not used on the occasion of any kind of slight sickness, but only
at the time severe sickness. The anointing profits the sick person both in soul
and body.