[Salvation]

The Divine Physician

 

by Food For Thought on January 24, 2013 · 

When we are very sick, we try all means to get healed. We go to the best doctors, but sometimes this does not help. In our helplessness, we even try medicines which we heard have healed others even these are not prescribed to us. Then we seek faith healers. Yes, we hope for miracles for our healing.

In the Gospel, we find Jesus being sought by many sick people who wanted to be healed. They have heard of the many miracles that Jesus had been doing. With their faith, that even by just touching his cloak, they hoped to be healed from their illness. They believed that only Jesus can do this by the fact that even the evil spirits recognized him as the Son of God.

The miracles of Jesus which they have either experienced or witnessed led the people to seek him. Do we also seek Jesus in our life? Do we seek him only because of our need for healing or because we recognize him as the Son of God, our brother and savior? How are we seeking him daily in our life?

[Salvation]

One Bread, One Body

One Bread, One Body

 

<< Thursday, January 24, 2013 >>

St. Francis de Sales

Hebrews 7:25—8:6
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Psalm 40:7-10, 17

Mark 3:7-12

"HOME ALONE?"

Jesus "is always able to save those who approach God through Him." —Hebrews 7:25

 

Sooner or later, we all come to the conclusion that we are weak. In infancy, we begin life with years of utter dependence on others. As we grow up and become stronger, sickness, failure, sin, and the deaths of others serve as constant reminders of our human weakness, lest we forget our dependence on God. Finally, old age picks up where childhood left off. We progressively become weaker and more dependent on others.

Our human weakness is a serious problem for us. We cope with this by crying out for help. Babies cry to their parents. Later, these parents who have grown old cry out to their babies who have grown up. In our weakness, we depend on each other. Most of all, we depend on the only perfectly dependable One, that is, God. Thus, our human weakness isn't so much of a problem.

Sometimes, however, we feel "home alone," cut off from others and even from God. We feel panic as if we are trapped in our human weakness. However, these feelings of isolation and doom are unfounded. We are never cut off from God, because we can always approach God the Father through Jesus (Heb 7:25). He has torn open forever the veil which had separated us from the holy of holies of His presence (see Mt 27:51; Heb 10:19). In our weakness, God's power can always reach perfection (see 2 Cor 12:9). We need not fear isolation. We are never alone (see Jn 16:32; Mt 28:20).

 

Prayer: Father, may Your love push the fear of loneliness out of my life (see 1 Jn 4:18).

Promise: "Because He had cured many, all who had afflictions kept pushing toward Him to touch Him." —Mk 3:10

Praise: St. Francis de Sales pastored his flock with gentleness, patience, understanding, and great love.