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Reflection Paper On The Anointing Of The Sick

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The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is any physical and spiritual healing that one needs due to their sickness. The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick also helps us remember why God had given us gifts, but more specifically grace to alleviate the pain and suffering that one continues to suffer. These gifts like courage and faith come from the Holy Spirit. This was a sole intent to let us remind ourselves that the suffering and the gifts that we are receiving are almost the same as Christ who gave us salvation through his passion, death, and resurrection or is suffering till this day. The Holy Spirit once again is enabling we the sick community who is already part of Jesus’ body could join together and conquer the sickness together. The suffering and illness that every humans face whether they like it or not are affected both physically and emotionally. Like all illness including the ones that breaks you down mentally and physically, this can affect the person very seriously. A perfect illness would be depression. Depression is a serious mental illness that could be grave and could worsen each and ever year if on has a negative thoughts. …show more content…

An intercession is when we are praying to God to other people to pray for their good health and a good life. Sometimes, the suffering ones could possible join the community to pray for others as well. In the laying on of hands, it is usually when the priest put his hands on the suffering ones to heal them just like how Jesus did it. In the anointing of the blessing, the holy oil is depicted as the Holy Spirit. Due to the Holy Spirit giving the people gifts like courage and faith, the Holy Spirit is helping the suffering ones to be healed from their suffering so it does not hinder their relationship with

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