"RITA SACRA" St Rita Scented Blessed Oil (SRSBO02)

Meaning and Use of Blessed Oils in Catholic Tradition

The Church reserves the three Holy Oils—Sacred Chrism, the Oil of Catechumens, and the Oil of the Sick—exclusively for use in the Sacraments. Yet the Church also recognizes the value of blessed oil used by the faithful as a sacramental: a humble, grace disposing aid for prayer, devotion, and personal supplication.

The most familiar way to use blessed anointing oil is to trace the Sign of the Cross on the forehead, the chest, and the hands or wrists while praying. It may also be applied to other parts of the body, especially when asking God’s healing for a particular need.
Sacraments confer grace because Christ Himself acts through them; sacramentals, by contrast, do not cause grace directly but open the heart to receive God’s help through the Church’s prayer and the devotion of the faithful.