In the name of Christ, I say to you, that you will be freed from them.

The healing of your body is good for you, for your family, for the animals and plants you tend; but the healing of your soul--believe this, though you do not understand it!--the healing of your soul is good for all the poor souls of the living, which are being tossed between good and evil, is good for all the poor souls of the dead, which by toil and suffering are being purified, as the victory of a soldier is good for the whole nation.

It is also good for the angels, who, Jesus has told us, feel immense joy at the healing of a soul.

Joy enhances their power; and do you think their power is for the darkness or for the light, for death or for life?
Ask with faith, first for the healing of the soul, and then for the healing of the body!" From the steep hillside a sea of faces looked down on him; those highest up, where only the sound of his voice could be heard, were eager, and tear-stained.

Of those nearest him, some were astonished, some enthusiastic, some doubtful.