The Hour of Our Death | Eternal Rest | Episode 3
Eternal Rest: The Art of Dying Well
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33m
The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is one of the seven sacraments of the Church. But whom exactly is this sacrament for? What are its effects? In this session, we discover the role of this sacramental anointing in the spiritual struggle during serious illness, in the final stages of our temporal life, and at the hour of our death.
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