7 Things Every Catholic Should Know About The Last Rites (Before It's Too Late!)

The Catholic Talk Show

Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Christianity

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this episode of The Catholic Talk Show, Ryan & Fr. Michael discuss the Catholic sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, commonly known as Last Rites, exploring what it is, when it should be received, and the powerful graces it offers to those facing serious illness, old age, or death. 00:00 - What Are Last Rites? 02:16 Last Rites vs. Anointing of the Sick 05:10 Who Should Receive It? 08:24 Biblical Basis & Church Teaching 13:54 Holy Oils, Healing & Grace 18:11 Confession, Communion & the Apostolic Pardon 25:00 Prayers at the Moment of Death 30:29 Preparing for a Holy Death 36:27 How to Request Last Rites & Plan Ahead 39:12 Preparing for Eternal Life Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Attention all passengers.
0:03.0	The Uber ride for Mark and Jamal's romantic weekend will depart in four minutes from Platform 6.
0:10.0	Your ride comes with a rolling countryside sunset view and a table seat ideal for playing footsie beneath.
0:17.0	Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber.
0:20.0	Trains on Uber.
0:23.1	Trains on Uber.
0:25.6	Welcome back to another episode of the Catholic Talk Show.
0:30.1	Today we're going to talk about one of the more misunderstood but important sacraments at the church,
0:33.2	and that is the last rites or the anointing of the sick.
0:36.4	We're going to ask a lot of questions about when you should get that,
0:38.4	how you get it, and what it actually does.
0:43.3	So if you like to learn more about this, often misunderstood, but incredibly powerful sacrament.
0:44.0	Stay tuned.
0:47.9	All right, Father Nixon, great to be back here.
0:50.8	Look, this is something that happens.
1:12.9	You know, when people die, you never think about making funeral arrangements and you're in the middle of grief and then it becomes a huge burden because you're like, look, I've just had this loss. Now I have to do all this planning and sketching. It's something that is a real burden on. And I think the sacrament of anointing of the sacred last rites can often a similar experience for people but it's so important to give them those people who are knocking on heaven's door and making
1:19.1	sure they have access to this absolutely yeah so a lot of people so even even kind of the phrase
1:24.1	last rights which is which is one of those phrases probably how most people have this before. The last rights is basically the rights of the church that we have as someone's preparing for death. Part of that is anointing of the sick. So the sacrament of anointing the sick. It also includes Viaticum, which is the last time you receive the Holy Eucharist, food for the journey. and if you're able to, the sacrament of reconciliation
1:44.3	as well.
1:45.3	And there's also other prayers as far as the apostolic part and the final commendation.
1:50.6	So anyway, so in a sense, kind of distinguishing all those things in our minds can be difficult.
1:55.3	You don't have to necessarily worry about that.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 25 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Catholic Talk Show, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Catholic Talk Show and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.