Our gospel today tells of the power that Jesus had over all kinds of diseases of the body and the mind. Those with unclean spirits, that is, spirits of the evil one in varying degrees – many kinds of mental illnesses – cried out: You are the Son of God! for they knew him – and not even they could refrain from proclaiming the Truth of who he was!
In our world today there are a great many with diseases of the body, and a great many with diseases of the mind because the evil one still has powerful influence over the children of Adam, even the ones redeemed in Christ because his final defeat has not yet occurred.
But even those still possessed by the powers of the world can still recognize Truth (Jesus) when they see it (him) – and they can allow themselves to be healed of their maladies.
All it takes now, as it took back in the time of Jesus – is FAITH! Faith in Jesus as Lord of Heaven and Earth; healer of Mind and Body and Spirit.
We are faced in our country with an enormous amount of evil – and it looks as if it will only increase exponentially before it gets better once and for all. What is so tragic is that so many people will turn to the wrong source for consolation, help and assistance: they will turn to the prince of the world, rather than the Prince of Peace: the Son of God who has all power and who can do all things for our welfare!
We pray that we make the right choice – and choose Jesus; and we pray that others – all others – but especially our fellow citizens of this country make the right choices – even should those in authority over us make the wrong choice! Today we remember the enactment of Roe v Wade which paved the way for millions of wrong decisions resulting the deaths of millions of helpless, innocent babies – fellow-citizens of our great country! The signing of FOCA by our newly installed President will deliberately and maliciously reverse any progress that has been made these past 35 years in trying to reverse the horrible results of Roe v Wade: all in the name of "freedom." This, of course, is not freedom at all. Freedom exists only insofar as God's will is involved; God would never will the massacre of unborn babies – and he is relying on us to do something about it! We must pray for the President, for Congress, for Pro-Abortion Activists and participants: that the very Holy Spirit of God will move their hearts deeply to RECEIVE REDEMPTION AND FREEDOM AS IT HAS BEEN WON FOR THEM ON THE CROSS: BY CHRIST JESUS: KING AND RULER OF THE UNIVERSE!
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