When  a  visit  to  a  church  is  prescribed  as  a  condition
for  gaining  an  indulgence,  it  may  be  made  any  time  from
noon  of  the  day  preceding  to  midnight  of  the  day  itself
to  which  the  indulgence  is  attached.     Confession,  if  made
within  the  eight  days  that  immediately  precede  the  day
of  indulgence  will  suffice,  while  Holy  Communion  may  be
received  the  day  before.     Moreover,  confession  and  Com
munion  will  be  sufficient,   if  not  deferred  beyond  the
octave  of  the  day  fixed  for  the  indulgence.     Subsequent
confession  and  Communion  during  a  like  period  of  eight
days  after  the  completion  of  the  exercises  will  suffice  for
gaining  indulgences  that  are  granted  during  triduums.
missions,  etc.     Those  who  are  accustomed,  unless  pre
vented  for  sufficient  cause,  to  go  to  confession  at  least
twice  a  month,  or  who  are  wont,  while  in  the  state  of
grace,  to  receive  daily,  though  they  may  miss  Holy  Com
munion  once  or  twice  a  week,  may  gain  all  indulgences,
except  those  pertaining  to  jubilees,  without  a  special
confession.
EXTREME  UNCTION.
This  Sacrament  should  be  administered  conditionally
when  it  is  doubtful  whether  the  patient  has  attained  the
use  of  reason,  or  is  actually  in  danger  of  death,  or  is  still
alive.  The  anointing  of  the  forehead  with  the  prescribed
short  form  suffices  in  case  of  necessity.  There  is  an  obli
gation  nevertheless,  if  time  permit,  of  supplying  all  the
usual  anointings  (Can.  947),  and  indeed  not  conditionally,
but  absolutely  (Holy  Office,  9  March,  1917).  That  all
the  prayers  omitted  must  likewise  be  supplied  cannot  be


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questioned,  since  the  Eitual  (Tit.  V,  cap.  1,  n.  10)  in
sists  on  it.
ORDERS.
