Are the Holy Oils all different?

[DivotDan]

Are the same holy oils used in ordinations, baptism, confirmation, and the anointing of the sick, or are different oils used for different sacraments?

 

[Fr.Charles_Grondin]

At the Chrism Mass, which is usually held on either Monday or Thursday of Holy Week, three different oils are brought forth to be blessed by the bishop:

• The Oil of Catechumens used in Baptisms.

O God, strength and protection of your people,
who have placed in the Oil you have created
a sign of endurance,
graciously bless + this Oil;
grant fortitude to catechumens who are anointed with it,
that receiving your divine wisdom and strength,
they may understand more deeply the Gospel of your Christ,
may undertake generously the labors of Christian life,
and, made worthy of adoption to sonship,
may find joy in being born again and living in your Church.
Through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.

• The oil of the infirm used in the sacrament of the anointing of the sick.

O God, Father of all consolation,
who through your Son have willed
to heal the infirmities of the sick,
listen favourably to this prayer of faith:
send down from heaven, we pray,
your Holy Spirit, the Paraclete,
upon the rich substance of this Oil,
which you were pleased to bring forth from vigorous green trees
to restore our bodies,
so that by your holy + blessing
this Oil may be for anyone who is anointed with it
a safeguard for body, mind, and spirit,
to take away every pain, every infirmity, and every sickness.

May it become your holy Oil, O Lord,
blessed by you for our use
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God for ever and ever. R. Amen.)

• The holy chrism (a mixture of olive oil and balsam) used in ordinations, confirmations, and dedication of altars.

To you, therefore, O Lord, we pray,
that through the power of your grace,
this mingling of fragrances and oil
may become for us a sacrament of your + blessing.
Pour forth in abundance the gifts of the Holy Spirit
upon our brothers and sisters
when they receive anointing;
and adorn the places and things to be signed by the holy Oils
with the splendor of holiness.

Above all, through the mystery of this fragrant Oil,
complete the growth of your Church,
until she attains that measure of fullness
in which you, resplendent in eternal light,
will be all in all, with Christ, in the Holy Spirit,
for ever and ever.
R. Amen.