The Catholic Prayer Book and Manual of Meditations/Sacrament of Extreme Unction
SACRAMENT OF EXTREME UNCTION.
PRAYERS
Which may he said whilst receiving Extreme Unction.
PREPARATION.
NOW I desire to be anointed, O Lord, as thou hast commanded me by thy Apostle; grant, I beseech thee, that by this holy unction and the prayers of the Church, I may partake of that spirit with which Christ suffered on the Cross for thy glory, and for the destruction of sin. I have a firm confidence in thy goodness, that thou wilt not forsake me in this time of my distress, but that thou wilt stand by me with thy grace, and defend me from all evil, and now prepare my soul for a happy passage.
AT THE UNCTION OF THE EYES.
MY eyes have seen vanities, but now let them be shut to the world, and open to thee alone, my Jesus; pardon me all the sins I have committed by my seeing.
AT THE ANOINTING OF THE EARS.
MY ears have been open to detraction, profaneness, and unprofitable discourses. Let me now give ear to thy word, to thy commands, and thy call; and pardon me, O Jesus, all the sins I have committed by my hearing.
AT THE UNCTION OF THE NOSTRILS.
I HAVE taken delight in the vanities of this world, which are all nothing but corruption; let my heart and prayers ascend like incense in thy sight, and pardon me all the sins I have committed by my smelling.
AT THE UNCTION OF THE LIPS.
MY tongue has many ways offended both in speaking and tasting; now let its whole business be to cry for mercy; pardon me, dear Jesus, all the sins I have committed by words or by any excess in eating or drinking.
AT THE ANOINTING OF THE HANDS.
MY hands have offended in contributing to many actions injurious to myself and my neighbour; now let them be lifted up to heaven in testimony of a penitent heart, and pardon me, O Lord, all the sins I have committed in the ill use of my hands.
AT THE UNCTION OF THE FEET.
MY feet have gone astray in the paths of vanity and sin: now let me walk in thy ways, in the ways thou art pleased to lead me, and forgive me, O Lord, all the sins I have committed by my disordered steps.
IN CONCLUSION.
LET my heart be now the temple of the Holy Ghost, and pardon all the sins by which I have banished thee from my heart and defiled my soul.
By this holy anointing and the power of thy grace. O God, forgive me all my sins and convert my heart wholly to thee, that I may cheerfully submit to death in punishment of my offences, and so enter into thy eternal rest. Amen.
Jesus—Mary—Joseph.