Chapter III: Of the Rites and Ceremonies of Extreme Unction

The olive oil to be used in the sacrament of extreme unction must have been blessed for this purpose by a Bishop, or by a presbyter who has obtained from the Apostolic See the faculty of blessing it.

The pastor is to keep the oil of the sick diligently in a silver or tin vessel, in a clean and decently adorned place, nor is he to retain it at home except according to the norm of can. 735.

§ 1. The anointings are to be performed accurately with the words, order, and manner prescribed in the ritual books; but in a case of necessity one anointing in one sense, or more exactly on the forehead, with the prescribed shorter form is sufficient, with the obligation preserved of supplying the individual anointings when the danger has ceased.

§ 2. The anointing of the loins is always to be omitted.

§ 3. The anointing of the feet can be omitted for any reasonable cause.

§ 4. Outside a case of grave necessity, the anointings are to be made by the very hand of the minister and with no instrument employed.