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Healing through Sacraments
Stanisław T. Zarzycki
Abstract
Together with the movement of Catholic Charismatic Renewal the author understands healing as “the sign of Christ’s complete and ultimate victory in the mystery ofHis cross and resurrection, present among us, here and now, and as an announcement of acomplete healing and eternal glory in the future kingdom”. He analyzes three sacraments: the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, the Eucharist and the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. In the Sacrament of Penance reconciliation of a man with God is effected as well as the healing of his wounds caused by sin. Apart from the penitent’s proper disposition, the role of the confessor is important as a physician, through whose service a sinful and wounded man can experience the healing action of the merciful God. In the celebrated Eucharist there are many “places”, in which a man can experience the love and healing power of Christ who is present not only in the mystery of His passion, but also of his resurrection, as well as is united with the man in the Holy Communion, in which the man is given the best possibility of experiencing God's healing “touch”. Adoration of the Holy Sacrament as staying in front of the really present Christ in the Sacrament of the Eucharist prolongs and intensifies the relation of the believer with Christ and is also an opportunity to be healed. Inner healing is also the Holy Spirit's first gift in the Sacrament of Anointing of Sick, in which, more frequently than in the former sacraments, a man may also experience psychophysical healing.
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healing, sacraments of healing, Eucharist, salvationDetails
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