¶ 1521
Union with the Passion of Christ. By the Grace of this Sacrament the Sick perSon Receives the Strength and the Gift of uniting himself more closely to Christ's Passion: in a certain way he is Consecrated to bear Fruit by configuration to the Savior's redemptive Passion. Suffering, a consequence of Original Sin, acquires a new Meaning; it beComes a Participation in the Saving work of Jesus.