La Recepción de la Unción de los Enfermos en la Vida de los Enfermos

Abstract

The sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick has experienced different definitions throughout time from theological, liturgical and pastoral perspectives. These definitions lead to a modern reflection on the Sacrament since the Second Vatican Council, especially in its constitutions and decrees, which sought to return to the sacrament in its community dimension, giving hope, not as a private sacrament, in particular emphasizing the vitality of the sacrament as a sign of mercy and not a ritual for death. For this reflection, historical elements will be taken from the first theological and liturgical reflections to the present, from a pastoral theology in its sacramental dimension, which seek to strengthen the dignity and presence of the Anointing of the Sick in the sacramental life of the faithful. , mainly in the sick at the beginning of their illness or at any time in their life, also to families, emphasizing the experience of the sacrament as a possibility of spiritual maturation, leaving behind obsolete reflections of the sacrament as transitus for death as divine punishment .