Anointing of the Sick

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The CCC states that the Annointing is not only for those who are sick but also for people of old age.
However it does not define what “old age” is. A priest once told me that anyone 60 years old or older can ask for the Annointing. Does anyone know if this is correct or not, and also does it mean that the Annointing can be done annually in old age?
 
Here’s what the catechism says:
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1514 The Anointing of the Sick “is not a sacrament for those only who are at the point of death. Hence, as soon as anyone of the faithful begins to be in danger of death from sickness or old age, the fitting time for him to receive this sacrament has certainly already arrived.”[129]
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Your priest’s position seems opposed to that of the catechism, as it would seem that someone would have to be in danger of death from old age in order to receive the sacrament.

Folks are not in danger of death of old age at the age of 60.

Further, a person is supposed to receive the sacrament only once for the same cause. Not repeatedly for the same cause as annual recipiencies would imply.
 
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The CCC states that the Annointing is not only for those who are sick but also for people of old age.
However it does not define what “old age” is. A priest once told me that anyone 60 years old or older can ask for the Annointing. Does anyone know if this is correct or not, and also does it mean that the Annointing can be done annually in old age?
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Ago alone is not a basis for determining if someone should receive the Sacrament of Anointing. If their health also is poor or declining then hey should. A person can receive the Sarament every few weeks or months. For instance if a person falls ill and is anointed, then recovers. Only to fall ill again a month later. They can be anointed again. A person who has fallen into a coma can also be Anointed every so often. A person who has not been Baptized cannot receive it and a Baptized child who has not reached the age of reason does not need it.
 
Thanks to both of you. I have to say it was quite some years ago that I was told this.
Its not for me as I’m not 60. There was an EWTN program on today that I came in half way through which prompted this memory.
 
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