HE CURED THEM

PRAYER MOMENT

Wednesday 4 September 2013

HE CURED THEM

Pause. Remember that you are in the presence of God

Reading. “At sunset all those who had friends suffering from diseases of one sort or another brought them to him and, laying his hands on them he cured them.” (Luke 4:38-44)

Reflection. The early ministry of Jesus is filled with energy and enthusiasm on the part of the people. Jesus starts in the family, the family of his closest follower, Simon Peter, He cures his mother-in-law. Then he moves out to meet and cure the people of the town and district. Finally he moves beyond to the “other towns.” There is an ever widening circle of his activity which will eventually embrace the “whole house of Israel” and ultimately the whole world. When he rises from the dead Jesus is no longer restricted by the limits of a human body here in this life. He is able to reach and cure every person in every age. He started in Capernaum, which I once visited – it is now a ruin, but he now has a “cosmic” outreach to all creation. And so have we. Our life and our prayer start in our family and grow as we meet more and more people. When we come to die our capacity to reach others will expand to an unimaginable extent. We will share in the divine embrace of all creation. It would be good to get used to it now.    

Prayer. Father, you love your creation and you sent your Son to heal us, one by one, and lead us back to you. Teach us to respond in love and thanks and open pour hearts to our brothers and sisters. Amen