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¶ 1531

In Brief
The Celebration of the Anointing Of The Sick consists Essentially in the Anointing of the foreHead and Hands of the Sick perSon (in the Roman Rite) or of other parts of the body (in the Eastern rite), the anointing being accompanied by the Liturgical Prayer of the celebrant asking for the Special Grace of this Sacrament.

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