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    The sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick are called the "Sacraments of Healing" as they help to heal believers who suffer from illness or sin. Both sacraments forgive sins and strengthen the faithful, but Reconciliation is considered most important as it reconciles one with God and the Church through confession and absolution of sins. The Anointing of the Sick also forgives sins but is focused on healing the sick and preparing them for death or recovery.

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    The sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick are called the "Sacraments of Healing" as they help to heal believers who suffer from illness or sin. Both sacraments forgive sins and strengthen the faithful, but Reconciliation is considered most important as it reconciles one with God and the Church through confession and absolution of sins. The Anointing of the Sick also forgives sins but is focused on healing the sick and preparing them for death or recovery.

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    The sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick are called the "Sacraments of Healing" as they help to heal believers who suffer from illness or sin. Both sacraments forgive sins and strengthen the faithful, but Reconciliation is considered most important as it reconciles one with God and the Church through confession and absolution of sins. The Anointing of the Sick also forgives sins but is focused on healing the sick and preparing them for death or recovery.

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    The sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick are called the "Sacraments of Healing" as they help to heal believers who suffer from illness or sin. Both sacraments forgive sins and strengthen the faithful, but Reconciliation is considered most important as it reconciles one with God and the Church through confession and absolution of sins. The Anointing of the Sick also forgives sins but is focused on healing the sick and preparing them for death or recovery.

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    SACRAMENTS OF HEALING

    Through the sacraments of Christian initiation, we receive the new life of Christ. Now we carry this life
    “in earthen vessels,” and it remains “hidden with Christ in God.” We are still in our “earthly tent,”
    subject to suffering, illness, and death. This new life as a child of God can be weakened and even lost by
    sin. (CCC, 1420)

    The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls and bodies, who forgave the sins of the paralytic and
    restored him to bodily health, has willed that his Church continue, in the power of the Holy Spirit, his
    work of healing and salvation, even among her own members. This is the purpose of the two sacraments
    of healing: the sacrament of Penance and the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. (CCC, 1421)

    Reconciliation

    “On the evening of that day, the first day of the week,” Jesus showed himself to his apostles. “He
    breathed on them, and said to them: „Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are
    forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained‟” (Jn 20:19, 22-23).

    The forgiveness of sins committed after Baptism is conferred by a particular sacrament called the
    sacrament of conversion, confession, penance, or reconciliation. (CCC, 1486)

    The sinner wounds God’s honor and love, his own human dignity as a man called to be a son of God, and
    the spiritual well-being of the Church, of which each Christian ought to be a living stone. (CCC, 1487)

    To the eyes of faith no evil is graver than sin and nothing has worse consequences for sinners
    themselves, for the Church, and for the whole world. (CCC, 1488)

    To return to communion with God after having lost it through sin is a process born of the grace of God
    who is rich in mercy and solicitous for the salvation of men. One must ask for this precious gift for
    oneself and for others. (CCC, 1489)

    The movement of return to God, called conversion and repentance, entails sorrow for and abhorrence
    of sins committed, and the firm purpose of sinning no more in the future. Conversion touches the past
    and the future and is nourished by hope in God’s mercy. (CCC, 1490)

    The sacrament of Penance is a whole consisting in three actions of the penitent and the priest’s
    absolution. The penitent’s acts are repentance, confession or disclosure of sins to the priest, and the
    intention to make reparation and do works of reparation. (CCC, 1491)

    The spiritual effects of the sacrament of Penance are:

    reconciliation with God by which the penitent recovers grace;


    reconciliation with the Church;

    remission of the eternal punishment incurred by mortal sins;

    remission, at least in part, of temporal punishments resulting from sin;

    peace and serenity of conscience, and spiritual consolation;

    an increase of spiritual strength for the Christian battle. (CCC, 1496)

    Individual and integral confession of grave sins followed by absolution remains the only ordinary means
    of reconciliation with God and with the Church. (CCC, 1497)

    Baptized Catholics who have attained the age of reason (normally age 7) may be prepared by the local
    parish to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation. Parents should contact the pastor of the local parish
    for more information on the program of preparation for First Reconciliation and First Eucharist. If you
    have been baptized in another Christian religion and are interested in becoming Catholic, please contact
    your local parish about making a profession of faith through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
    (RCIA).

    Anointing of the Sick

    “Is any among you sick? Let him call for the presbyters of the Church, and let them pray over him,
    anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the
    Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven” (Jas 5:14-15).

    The sacrament of Anointing of the Sick has as its purpose the conferral of a special grace on the Christian
    experiencing the difficulties inherent in the condition of grave illness or old age. (CCC, 1527)

    The proper time for receiving this holy anointing has certainly arrived when the believer begins to be in
    danger of death because of illness or old age. (CCC, 1528)

    Each time a Christian falls seriously ill, he may receive the Anointing of the Sick, and also when, after he
    has received it, the illness worsens. (CCC, 1529)

    Only priests (presbyters and bishops) can give the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, using oil
    blessed by the bishop, or if necessary by the celebrating presbyter himself. (CCC, 1530)

    The celebration of the Anointing of the Sick consists essentially in the anointing of the forehead and
    hands of the sick person, the anointing being accompanied by the liturgical prayer of the celebrant
    asking for the special grace of this sacrament. (CCC, 1531)

    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. (CCC, 1532)

    In addition to the Anointing of the Sick, the Church offers those who are about to leave this life the
    Eucharist as viaticum. Communion in the body and blood of Christ, received at this moment of “passing
    over” to the Father, has a particular significance and importance. It is the seed of eternal life and the
    power of resurrection, according to the words of the Lord: “He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood
    has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” The sacrament of Christ once dead and now
    risen, the Eucharist is here the sacrament of passing over from death to life, from this world to the
    Father. (CCC, 1524)

    Thus, just as the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist form a unity called “the
    sacraments of Christian initiation,” so too it can be said that Penance, the Anointing of the Sick and the
    Eucharist as viaticum constitute at the end of Christian life “the sacraments that prepare for our
    heavenly homeland” or the sacraments that complete the earthly pilgrimage. (CCC, 1525)

    Baptized Catholics may receive the Anointing of the Sick in accordance with the above upon request. An
    individual who is in danger of death should request the reception of the Eucharist (viaticum). Those who
    are interested in receiving either sacrament should contact their local pastor.

    OUTPUT:

    Why are the sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick called "Sacraments of Initiation"?

    Which of these two sacraments is the most important? Why?

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