Holy unction

[Paul_theApostle]

In the Latin church only the Priests are allowed to annoint people with Oil for the sick

In the Orthodox church we always used to take the Holy unction oil home to use ourselves as the deacons used to give out the oil after the service.

Can you Eastern Catholics take it home and use it yourselves also?

If so would it be ok to get Holy oil from an East. Cath church and use it on a Latin Catholic i know who is very sick?

 

[Paul_theApostle]

no answers…

simple,do Easterns Caths perform Holy Unction?

Are the laity allowed to take the oil home and annoint others themselves?

If so can i get some for me to bless/annoint my sick Latin Catholic friend?

Or should the latin priest annoint him only once in a while?

 

[BusterMartin]

I do know that Eastern Catholics receive the sacrament of Holy Unction. However, that is the extent to which I’m able to answer your questions. Hopefully someone will be on who is more knowledgeable than I. If not, try calling some Eastern Catholic parishes and talking with their priests.

 

[5Loaves]

In the Latin church only the Priests are allowed to annoint people with Oil for the sick

In the Orthodox church we always used to take the Holy unction oil home to use ourselves as the deacons used to give out the oil after the service.

Can you Eastern Catholics take it home and use it yourselves also?

If so would it be ok to get Holy oil from an East. Cath church and use it on a Latin Catholic i know who is very sick?

We do have the Anointing of the Sick in the Eastern Catholic Church. As with the Orthodox it involves the priests and the whole community if at all possible. Anointing by the priest in the absence of the community is not preferred. We’ve had this Holy Mystery/Sacrament twice in our parish recently for two of our faithful who have grave illnesses.

I hope your friend can receive the Sacrament which would be efficacious. All our prayers are efficacious so bringing him/her blest oil given to you by an EC priest to use could be a thoughtful gesture. People in my parish also get oil from the vigil lamp at the relics of Saint John the Miracle-worker of Shanghai and San Francisco for this purpose.

I had a long talk with the priest in the Russian Orthodox Church I frequently attend about the topic of anointing after an earlier thread here about anointing children. He indicated that Holy Unction we all receive at Great and Holy week is distinct from the sacrament of Holy Unction. This is apparent he pointed out from the text of what is prayed if you observe the anointing of the sick prayed over an individual, and what is prayed in the service for anointing of all the faithful. He suggested I also read The Anointing of the Sick (The Orthodox Liturgy) by Paul Meyendorff which I did and can highly recommend to anyone interested in the topic.

There are more clergy, EC and Orthodox, on the Byzcath forum and you might post your question there to get feedback from clergy. I would just ask your EC priest or deacon.

 

[Matthew_Holford]

In the Latin church only the Priests are allowed to annoint people with Oil for the sick

In the Orthodox church we always used to take the Holy unction oil home to use ourselves as the deacons used to give out the oil after the service.

Can you Eastern Catholics take it home and use it yourselves also?

If so would it be ok to get Holy oil from an East. Cath church and use it on a Latin Catholic i know who is very sick?

No, I believe not. In the Latin Catholic Church the laity may not anoint the sick with holy oil. If a Latin Catholic requires this sacrament call her/his priest.

 

[Joe_Kelley]

In the Latin Church there were two oils: the oil consecrated by the Bishop for use in sacramental anointing, and a blessed oil somewhat equivalent to Holy Water which could be used by anyone. Many abuses developed, especially in Charismatic movement, and people were confusing the two oils. Those anointed with the ordinary oil often thought they had received the Sacrament of the Anointing of Sick, and were not getting that Sacrament. Finally the Vatican suppressed the ordinary oil.

Since the Sacramental Anointing of the Sick includes the forgiveness of sins it, like the Sacrament of Reconciliation, can only be administered by a priest or bishop.

 

[centurionguard]

In the Latin Church there were two oils: the oil consecrated by the Bishop for use in sacramental anointing, and a blessed oil somewhat equivalent to Holy Water which could be used by anyone. Many abuses developed, especially in Charismatic movement, and people were confusing the two oils. Those anointed with the ordinary oil often thought they had received the Sacrament of the Anointing of Sick, and were not getting that Sacrament. Finally the Vatican suppressed the ordinary oil.

Since the Sacramental Anointing of the Sick includes the forgiveness of sins it, like the Sacrament of Reconciliation, can only be administered by a priest or bishop.

Actually there are Three Holy Oils used in the Latin Rite as is in the Roman Rite

Sancta Charisma-Baptism’s
Olea Sancta-Oil of Catechumens
Oleum Infirmorum, or Oil of the Sick, used for Holy Unction

I not aware of the actual Latin name for the Blessed Oil that a priest will bless ?
I do know you can buy such Holy Oils at famous Basilica’s like for instance Saint Anne de Beaupre just outside Quebec City.

 

[Alveus_Lacuna]

It has been my experience that the sacramental oil is not what is generally taken home. But many people have oil at home that they anoint themselves with. For example, my godfather gave me a concoction which was a mix of myrrh from relics and lampadas before miracle working icons. When coupled with faith, there is the potential for great healing in these oils.

 

[Joe_Kelley]

Actually there are Three Holy Oils used in the Latin Rite as is in the Roman Rite

Sancta Charisma-Baptism’s
Olea Sancta-Oil of Catechumens
Oleum Infirmorum, or Oil of the Sick, used for Holy Unction

I not aware of the actual Latin name for the Blessed Oil that a priest will bless ?
I do know you can buy such Holy Oils at famous Basilica’s like for instance Saint Anne de Beaupre just outside Quebec City.

Thanks for the correction. I was thinking of the oils one might use with a sick person and didn’t consider that they might be confused with the other two.

 

[Vico]

In the Latin Church there were two oils: the oil consecrated by the Bishop for use in sacramental anointing, and a blessed oil somewhat equivalent to Holy Water which could be used by anyone. Many abuses developed, especially in Charismatic movement, and people were confusing the two oils. Those anointed with the ordinary oil often thought they had received the Sacrament of the Anointing of Sick, and were not getting that Sacrament. Finally the Vatican suppressed the ordinary oil.

Since the Sacramental Anointing of the Sick includes the forgiveness of sins it, like the Sacrament of Reconciliation, can only be administered by a priest or bishop.

It the seriously ill person being annoionted is able, sacramental confession is to preceed the anointing, and for the known un-repentent, the Holy Anointing is not to be given.

Their is also in the eastern Churches the Holy Myron (fragrant olive oil) confected by the bishop for Chrismation, the oil confected by the priest for Holy Unction, and the oil of the Catechumens (for baptism), and the oil for Mirovanije. The early Church called the oil at baptism the oil of exorcism. (The Byzantine Church form is to blow on the person along with the exorcism prayer, repeated thrice.)

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