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Theo Tigno•
8/3/2010 5:43 pm
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Wednesday, August 4th 2010 |
Matthew 15: 21-28
At that time Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out, "Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is tormented by a demon." But he did not say a word in answer to her. His disciples came and asked him, "Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us." He said in reply, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." But the woman came and did him homage, saying, "Lord, help me." He said in reply, "It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs." She said, "Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the table of their masters." Then Jesus said to her in reply, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Dawg's Thought:
Today's prayer intention - for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life.
Today's reflection comes from Mother Angelica:
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The miracles Jesus worked were not so much acts of mercy as signs of His Sonship. They were directed towards increasing the faith of both recipient and onlooker. They were symbolic of the messianic age, the coming of the kingdom and the power of the Spirit.
Today, we too must realize that Faith asks, humbly waits and then accepts the results without hesitation, without doubts. Faith is the asking, for we acknowledge by our request that Jesus is Lord. However, Hope gives us the assurance that whatever answer we receive--be it yes or no--that reply is in our best interest. It is here that Love accepts with joy whatever God's Will requires of us.
This is the faith admired, praised and expected by Jesus from His chosen people, and certainly from those He has redeemed. The prayer of the Christian is always answered, for his prayer is in faith and that faith gives him the humble detachment so necessary to move the mountains of doubt. He never questions God's love when His answer is "no." The faith of the Christian sees God's Love in every event of his life. He is not preoccupied with himself or his past. When he sins, he asks forgiveness and knows God's mercy forgives and forgets. Unlike the people before and during the time of Jesus, he does not see sickness and suffering as the result of sin or the enemy. This concept is Old Testament thinking, not New Testament.
(http://www.ewtn.com/library/mother/ma12.htm)
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Take care and God Bless.
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