When may one and when ought one to receive this sacrament?
One may receive it in sickness or bodily failing which puts one in danger of death; one should strive to receive the sacrament in the full state of consciousness so as to receive it with the greatest possible fervour (XXXII. 1, 2).
May one receive this sacrament several times?
One may not receive it more than once in one and the same danger of death. But if after having received it health is recovered, or at least danger of death ceases, one may receive it as often as there are subsequent dangers of death, by reason of the different sicknesses; and if one and the same sickness is prolonged to a great length of time, the sacrament may again be received (XXXIII. 1, 2).
Is Extreme Unction the last sacrament instituted by our Lord to give to men the benefit of the life of His grace?
Yes, it is the last sacrament to give grace to man in so far as he is an individual. But there are two other sacraments of great importance which bring to men this life of grace in so far as they form part of a society, and these are the sacraments of Holy Orders and Matrimony.
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