CCC 1504
Christian Mystery›SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH›CHAPTER TWO THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING›I. Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation
Often Jesus asks the sick to believe. He makes use of signs to heal: spittle and the laying on of hands, mud and washing. The sick try to touch him, "for power came forth from him and healed them all." and so in the sacraments Christ continues to "touch" us in order to heal us.
Footnotes
- Cf. ⇒ Mk 5:34, ⇒ 36; ⇒ 9:23.
- Cf. ⇒ Mk 7:32-36; ⇒ 8:22-25.
- Cf. ⇒ Jn 9:6-7.
- ⇒ Lk 6:19; cf. ⇒ Mk 1:41; ⇒ 3:10; ⇒ 6:56.