"The Church believes and confesses that among the seven sacraments there is one especially intended to strengthen those who are being tried by illness, The Anointing of the Sick." Through this anointing a person is given strength of body and soul to unite themselves with Christ so that they might unite their sufferings with his for the salvation of this world and their sins are forgiven them.

The Sacrament of Anointing is celebrated on an individual basis. Anyone who is in danger of death can and should be anointed (these dangers include: advanced age, serious injury or accident, imminent surgery, the diagnosis of a chronic or terminal disease, and those who are in their final days of life). The preference is to have a priest celebrate this Sacrament before it becomes an emergency.