### Instruction: Q. 271. What is the Sacrament of Extreme Unction?

### Response: A. Extreme Unction is the Sacrament which, through the anointing and prayer of the priest, gives health and strength to the soul, and sometimes to the body, when we are in danger of death from sickness.

-- Source: Baltimore Catechism #1 / LESSON TWENTY-FIRST ON EXTREME UNCTION AND HOLY ORDERS / Q. 271