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1504 Often Jesus asks the sick to believe. ¹⁰⁸ He makes use of signs to heal: spittle and the laying on of hands, ¹⁰⁹ mud and washing. ¹¹⁰ The sick try to touch him, "for power came forth from him and healed them all." ¹¹¹ And so in the sacraments Christ continues to "touch" us in order to heal us.

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PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY

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SECTION TWO: THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH

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CHAPTER TWO: THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING

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ARTICLE 5: THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK

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I. ITS FOUNDATIONS IN THE ECONOMY OF SALVATION

Notes for the above paragraph:

108 Cf. Mk 5:34, 36; 9:23.

109 Cf. Mk 7:32-36; 8:22-25.

110 Cf. Jn 9:6-7.

111 Lk 6:19; cf. Mk 1:41; 3:10; 6:56.

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