Throughout the Old Testament, God pours out his holy anointing upon those who have been washed with water to receive a fuller outpouring of the Spirit. He does this in order for them to carry out ...

(Jn 1:16; cf. Col 1:18) 695 Anointing. ... But Jesus is God's Anointed in a unique way: the humanity the Son assumed was entirely anointed by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit established him as ...

99 1289 Very early, the better to signify the gift of the Holy Spirit, an anointing with perfumed oil ( chrism ) was added to the laying on of hands. This anointing highlights the name "Christian ...

The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, or Holy Unction as it is also ... The power of healing remains in the Church since Christ himself remains in the Church through the Holy Spirit." "The ...