Be a source of healing love

 

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Today Jesus teaches us that we should receive from him the power of healing love. It is a human love that reaches out to others forgetful of self.

Friday 30 October 2020

Be a source of healing love

 

Gospel

Luke 14:1-6

'Is it against the law to cure a man on the sabbath?'

Now on a sabbath day Jesus had gone for a meal to the house of one of the leading Pharisees; and they watched him closely. There in front of him was a man with dropsy, and Jesus addressed the lawyers and Pharisees. ‘Is it against the law’ he asked ‘to cure a man on the sabbath, or not?’ But they remained silent, so he took the man and cured him and sent him away. Then he said to them, ‘Which of you here, if his son falls into a well, or his ox, will not pull him out on a sabbath day without hesitation?’ And to this they could find no answer.

Prayerful reflection

They didn’t have the power of healing that Jesus had. Is it because they did not have the love that Jesus had? True love is a healing ointment and brings comfort and consolation. Jesus had that and has it still. In his life as a man, he was so one with God, that his love was a healing love. He would give his life for one in need. Would he not long to heal a man who was suffering with dropsy? In his love he had the wisdom to see that all of God’s laws are for the good and the wellbeing of human beings. He alone kept the  Law of God that day.

Let us come to the Lord in silent prayer and  in his presence receive the grace to love others as he does. Through our love let us bring consolation and joy to others. Through our union with God in Jesus let us be the channels of his healing too.