“The Anointing of the Sick was instituted for the spiritual and even physical strengthening of the sick and the elderly. Through the Eucharist and the anointing, the sick Christian receives strength, peace, and courage to endure the sufferings of illness or old age. The Church commends the sick to the suffering and glorified Lord, who by his own passion and cross has redeemed the world.”

-Catechism of the Catholic Church-