healing the sick
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26saying: “If you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, and obey his commands, and keep all his precepts, I will not bring upon you any of the distress that I imposed on Egypt. For I am the Lord, your healer.”
2Most beloved, concerning everything, I make it my prayer that you may benefit by advancing and succeeding in whatever may be to the benefit of your soul.
14Is anyone ill among you? Let him bring in the priests of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15And a prayer of faith will save the infirm, and the Lord will alleviate him. And if he has sins, these will be forgiven him.
14Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved. For you are my praise.
5But he himself was wounded because of our iniquities. He was bruised because of our wickedness. The discipline of our peace was upon him. And by his wounds, we are healed.
24He himself bore our sins in his body upon the tree, so that we, having died to sin, would live for justice. By his wounds, you have been healed.
3He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows.
6Behold, I will lead over them scars and health, and I will cure them. And I will reveal to them an invocation of peace and truth.
22A joyful soul makes a lifetime flourish. A gloomy spirit dries out the bones.
15And a prayer of faith will save the infirm, and the Lord will alleviate him. And if he has sins, these will be forgiven him.