Anointing of the Sick/Unción de Enfermos

"I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears" (2Kings 20:5)

 

The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is one of the two Sacraments of Healing (the other is the Sacrament of Reconciliation).  This is the Sacrament in which those who are ill are anointed to impart spiritual strength and physical healing.

The Sacrament that helps unite those who are suffering with Jesus' saving and healing power is the Anointing of the Sick. Through this Sacrament people receive forgiveness for their sins and comfort in their suffering; they are restored in spirit, and sometimes they even experience the return of physical health. Suffering is a part of life, but Jesus unites our suffering with his passion and death so that through our suffering we can participate in his saving and healing work. The Sacrament also reminds us that God wants to give comfort to the suffering and wants us to relieve suffering where we can.

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