<P> In the Catholic Code of Canon Law , Canon 1004 states who may receive the sacrament : `` The anointing of the sick can be administered to a member of the faithful who , having reached the use of reason , begins to be in danger due to sickness or old age . '' When new illness develops or first illness relapses or worsens , the patient may receive the sacrament a further time . Anointing of the Sick may also be given numerous times in the case of old age or chronic illness based on the pastoral judgment of the priest . The sacrament , as any sacrament , can only be given to someone who is alive ; however , as the moment when the soul is entirely separated from the body ( the traditional definition of death ) is not known with precision , people can also be anointed conditionally ( the sacramental formula preceded by `` if thou art alive '' ) during a brief time after already considered dead in the medicinal sense . </P>
<P> In the Catholic Code of Canon Law , Canon 1004 states who may receive the sacrament : `` The anointing of the sick can be administered to a member of the faithful who , having reached the use of reason , begins to be in danger due to sickness or old age . '' When new illness develops or first illness relapses or worsens , the patient may receive the sacrament a further time . Anointing of the Sick may also be given numerous times in the case of old age or chronic illness based on the pastoral judgment of the priest . The sacrament , as any sacrament , can only be given to someone who is alive ; however , as the moment when the soul is entirely separated from the body ( the traditional definition of death ) is not known with precision , people can also be anointed conditionally ( the sacramental formula preceded by `` if thou art alive '' ) during a brief time after already considered dead in the medicinal sense . </P>
when is the sacrament of anointing of the sick administered
when is the sacrament of anointing of the sick administered
to a member of the faithful who , having reached the use of reason , begins to be in danger due to sickness or old age
to a member of the faithful who , having reached the use of reason , begins to be in danger due to sickness or old age