Holy Oil Anointing

[astroalbert]

Greetings,

Are Holy Oils ever used for anointings outside of the Sacraments?

(Besides the anointing of the catechumens)

Thank you!

Al

 

[UncleBill]

The Consecration of a Catholic monarch, the consecration of am altar, the consecration of a church to name a few.

 

[FrDavid96]

A few more:

The traditional consecration of a chalice & paten.

The dedication (I’m not sure of the exact word here) of a new church bell.

Interesting question. For once, it’s not something that shows up every few weeks. You should get some kind of award for posting it. I’m curious what prompted the question, if you don’t mind…

 

[UncleBill]

A few more:

The traditional consecration of a chalice & paten.

The dedication (I’m not sure of the exact word here) of a new church bell.

Interesting question. For once, it’s not something that shows up every few weeks. You should get some kind of award for posting it. I’m curious what prompted the question, if you don’t mind…

Church bells are baptized.

 

[astroalbert]

A few more:

The traditional consecration of a chalice & paten.

The dedication (I’m not sure of the exact word here) of a new church bell.

Interesting question. For once, it’s not something that shows up every few weeks. You should get some kind of award for posting it. I’m curious what prompted the question, if you don’t mind…

I’d be glad to share! The question was popping up in my head as I noticed that Sacred Chrism, Oil for the Infirm, and Oil for the Catechumens were all used, respectively, for particular Sacraments and anointings, and are not used loosely.

Eventhough, I have read that there was a time when Holy Oils were not kept safe, and were used for mystical healings and the like.

These practices then led bishops to begin madndating cleric-only use for Holy Oils, and have since fallen to strict Sacramental use.