Confirmation is for the baptized person, and it is administered with the anointing of oil, the laying on of hands, and the words, “Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit” (CCC, 1300).

The prayer of blessing of the oil of the sick can help us understand ... During anointing, the bishop or priest prays, “Through this holy anointing may the Lord in his love and mercy help ...

On Sunday, February 9, the Church commemorates the martyr Nikephoros, St. Pancratius, hieromonk, and hermit of the Kyiv Cave ...

This lines up with how the Bible presents anointing in the Old Testament, where kings and priests would often be anointed for a very specific task that God had called them to do. The oil of anointing ...

What about the maggots, were they cleaning them up daily? And the bodily fluids, is this what she was using as anointing oil to perform miracles? What happened to the flesh of the deceased ...