Wednesday of the
Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time - Luke 4:38-44
In today’s Gospel, we experience the healing power of
Jesus. After leaving the synagogue,
Jesus went to the home of Simon. When he
arrived, Simon’s mother-in-law was very ill with a high fever. When Simon
brought Jesus to his home, his mother-in-law was instantly healed and fully
restored. She got up from the bed and
began to serve them.
At sunset, many people who were ill were brought to
Jesus. They had a variety of
diseases. Jesus laid His hands on each
of them and they were cured. ! Demons came out of some of the people and they
began to shout at Jesus: “You are the Son of God!” Jesus firmly rebuked the
spirits. He did not allow them to speak
because they recognized that He was the Christ.
At daybreak, Jesus left town to find a deserted and quiet
place. He needed time to rest, pray, and
have some solitude. However, the crowd
of people followed Him and tried to prevent Him from leaving. (Who would not want a healer close by?) Jesus told the crowd that He must go and
proclaim the “good news of the Kingdom.”
To whom do you take your troubles? Do you allow Jesus to be the Lord and Healer
in your life, family, and community?
God’s healing power restores us not only to health, but also to active
service and care of others. There is no
trouble he does not want to help us with and there is no bondage from which he
can’t set us free.
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