Article II. On the Form of Extreme Unction

1503. - The form of Extreme Unction is this: Through this holy anointing and His most loving mercy, may the Lord pardon you whatever you have sinned through sight (by anointing the eye, and so concerning the others). It is established from Trent, and from the Roman Ritual. The form is to be repeated integrally for the individual parts to be anointed, expressing the member which then is anointed, namely through sight in anointing the eyes, through hearing in the anointing of the ears, etc. But simultaneity between matter and form must be the same as in Baptism. See n. 1211. IV. c). - If the priest fails between the anointings, those which have already been made are not to be repeated by another, unless that other were to begin after a quarter of an hour, in which case they will have to be repeated under condition.

1504. Questions. - Quaer. 1° Whether for the validity of the Sacrament there is required the expression of each sense, namely, THROUGH SIGHT, THROUGH HEARING, etc.?

Resp. It is disputed. Some deny, because it is not found in the form of the Greeks, which nevertheless is admitted by the Church as valid. Others affirm, because by one anointing and the form corresponding to it there are not remitted the remnants of any sins whatsoever, but only of those which were committed through that sense. Therefore since the matter is doubtful, the expression of the sense is to be employed under grave. - Billuart.

Quaer. 2° What words are essential to the form?

Resp. They are the following: Through this anointing, may the Lord pardon you whatever you have sinned (with the word expressing the sense, i.e. through sight, etc., at least practically).

Quaer. 3° Whether one form suffices for all the senses, if the individual senses are distinctly expressed and anointed?

Resp. It is disputed. Some affirm, because this form is virtually multiple and equivalent to several particular forms, and thus specially signifies the effect of each special form. But others deny, because since the partial matters, namely the anointings, are distinct, special forms also ought to correspond to the individual ones.

When necessity presses, the more correct form is this: Through this holy anointing, etc., may the Lord pardon you whatever you have sinned through the senses, sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch, putting before it the word: you have sinned; because, if you have sinned is uttered at the end, and meanwhile the sick person dies, there is no Sacrament. - But if time remains, the anointings must be repeated under condition with the form proper to each, and the other prayers omitted must be added, as they are prescribed in the Ritual. - "But if, while he is being anointed, the sick person dies, let the presbyter proceed no further and let him omit the aforesaid prayers." - Roman Ritual.