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Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph 1519

The celebration of the sacrament includes the following principal elements: the "priests of the Church"-in silence-lay hands on the sick; they pray over them in the faith of the Church-this is the epiclesis proper to this sacrament; they then anoint them with oil blessed, if possible, by the bishop. These liturgical actions indicate what grace this sacrament confers upon the sick.

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