Thursday, January 12,
2017
From today’s Gospel: Four men
brought a paralytic on a stretcher to Jesus, but they couldn’t get in the door
because the crowd was so great. So they climbed up onto the roof and opened it
up until they could lower the mat to the ground in front of Jesus.
Now comes the most encouraging
and challenging part of the story: Seeing
their faith, (Mark 2:5) Jesus forgave the sins of the paralytic and
healed his paralysis.
As you might know, there is much
more to the story. Read it in Mark 2:1-12. I just want to emphasize that it was
the faith of the four men that sufficed to bring healing and forgiveness to the
paralyzed victim they brought to Jesus. The story says nothing about the
paralytic’s worthiness or lack thereof, or even if he shared the depth of faith
of the other four men.
And so, here in just a few words
is a call to we who have faith, a call to intercede for those who cannot pray
for themselves, a call to bring to Jesus those who, perhaps through no fault of
their own, are paralyzed in any way. Once again we note that it is not a
question of worthiness or even a question of faith. How many of us indeed have
people in our lives whose faith is very weak or non-existent? Don’t let that be
a source of discouragement in your own prayer.
Open the roof. Let the Lord gaze
upon your own faith, as imperfect as it may be. Bring the helpless and the
hopeless to the Lord in your prayer this very day. And may He, in His time and
in His way, bring healing to those who cannot get to Him on their own.
God bless you!
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