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In those sacraments, three different types of oil are used. Types & Usage of Oilįour sacraments use holy oil: baptism, confirmation, holy orders, and anointing of the sick. Mark mentions its use by the twelve apostles on mission (6:12-13). James mentions it in his epistle (5:14), and St. Paul VI reminded the readers that the sacrament had been with the Church since its earliest days: St. Someone that recovers and falls ill again, or gets even more gravely ill, can receive the sacrament again. He also clarified that the sacrament is not a one-shot deal, like baptism or confirmation. In the previous rubrics of the rite, the sick person was anointed on their five senses. The anointing by a priest is for the “dangerously ill,” done on the forehead and hands, and accompanied by a blessing. Paul VI issued the apostolic constitution Sacram Unctione Infirmorum that modified the sacrament of the anointing of the sick into the form we know today. Yet the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the practice of the Church over the last half a century have attempted to retake the sacrament from a context exclusive of death. The sacrament of anointing of the sick, also called Extreme Unction, has become nearly synonymous with “last rites” and death.