Catechism Paragraph 1524
Part 2:
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
Section 2: THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
Chapter 2: THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
Article 5: THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK
Section 2: THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
Chapter 2: THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
Article 5: THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK
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."[140] 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.[141]
š Footnotes
[140]
Jn 6:54.
[141]
Cf. Jn 13:1.