The prayer of blessing of the oil of the sick can help us understand ... During anointing, the bishop or priest prays, “Through this holy anointing may the Lord in his love and mercy help ...
Confirmation is for the baptized person, and it is administered with the anointing of oil, the laying on of hands, and the words, “Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit” (CCC, 1300).
On Sunday, February 9, the Church commemorates the martyr Nikephoros, St. Pancratius, hieromonk, and hermit of the Kyiv Cave ...