His healing power extended the physical limits of his body, but the healing was based mainly on the exchange, the contact, between the saint and the supplicant.
Lækningamáttur Þorláks var þannig við-tækari en mörk líkama hans. Samskipti milli dýrlingsins og beiðandans gegndu mikilvægu hlutverki í lækningunni.