Saturday, February 18, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 245 - Part IV.
(Youcat answer – repeated) The
Anointing of the Sick imparts consolation, peace, and strength and unites the
sick person, in his precarious situation and his sufferings, with Christ in a
profound way. For the Lord experienced our fears and bore our pains in his
body. For many people the Anointing of the Sick brings about physical healing.
But if God should decide to call someone home to himself, he gives him in the
Anointing of the Sick the strength for all the physical and spiritual battles
on his final journey. In any case, the Anointing of the Sick has the effect of
forgiving sins.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 1500)
Illness and suffering have always been among the gravest problems confronted in
human life. In illness, man experiences his powerlessness, his limitations, and
his finitude. Every illness can make us glimpse death. 1500
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Many sick people are afraid of this
sacrament and put it off until the last minute because they think it is a sort
of death sentence. But the opposite is true: the Anointing of the Sick is a
sort of life insurance. A Christian who is caring for a sick person should
relieve him of any false fear. Most people in serious danger sense intuitively
that nothing is more important for them at the moment than to embrace
immediately and unconditionally the One who overcame death and is life itself:
Jesus, the Savior.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 1532)
The special grace of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick has as its
effects: - the uniting of the sick person to the passion of Christ, for his own
good and that of the whole Church; - the strengthening, peace, and courage to
endure in a Christian manner the sufferings of illness or old age; - the
forgiveness of sins, if the sick person was not able to obtain it through the
sacrament of Penance; - the restoration of health, if it is conducive to the
salvation of his soul; - the preparation for passing over to eternal life.
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