He went about healing the sick. The disciples did not stop their healing mission after the departure of Jesus.
Acts narrates some of the miraculous healings that occurred in the early days of the church.
Since then, the healing ministry has been maintained at three diverse levels. Where people pray with lively faith, healings do sometimes occur, sometimes very remarkable ones. Secondly, there is a charism of healing with which some people are given a special power to heal. The Reformation churches rejected this charism along with veneration of the saints. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, however, there has been a rediscovery of the gift of healing by Protestants and Catholics alike.