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Theo Tigno•
3/7/2005 12:14 pm
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Monday in the Fourth Week of Lent |
John 4:43-54
At that time Jesus left [Samaria] for Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his native place. When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast.
Then he returned to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was near death. Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe." The royal official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies." Jesus said to him, "You may go; your son will live." The man believed what Jesus said to him and left. While the man was on his way back, his slaves met him and told him that his boy would live. He asked them when he began to recover. They told him, "The fever left him yesterday, about one in the afternoon." The father realized that just at that time Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live," and he and his whole household came to believe. Now this was the second sign Jesus did when he came to Galilee from Judea.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for a special intention.
Can you imagine what it would be like if you were never sick or never got injured? Our physical ailments help us understand what Jesus truly wants to do for us: restore us. If we were never sick, how could we comprehend what it means to be "sick" spiritually? Praise God for the times when we are in need and are humbled by our weakness.
Throughout the Gospels, we read of Jesus healing the physical ailments of those who reach out to Him. In today's reading, we see an example of the power of intercessory prayer. Just as we pray for the physical ailments of others, we must also pray for the "spiritual" sickness that we all experience. If you do not believe in the power of intercessory prayer, look at the life of St. Augustine, whose mother prayed for a conversion and he became a saint and a doctor of The Church.
Let us continue to pray for one another, so that we all may be restored in Christ. Take care and God Bless.
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