+ We really have quite an amazing first reading today! The Colossians were apparently known far and wide for their faith in Christ Jesus and the love they have for everyone based on the hope they have in store for them in heaven! Can it be said of us that we are known for our faith in Christ Jesus and the love we have for everyone based on our hope of resurrection? If this is so, then we are getting the most out of our Catholic faith. If not, then we are invited today to pray for more faith, and a desire to love more self-sacrificially and to have heaven-based hope that leads us from day to day!
In the gospel passage Jesus provides adequate proof that he is the one in which it is safe to put all trust, and hope, and to model our lives of loving service on – as he goes about easily doing what only he can do: curing diseases of all kinds, and preaching the arrival of God's Kingdom on earth!
Jesus still does the same thing today by means of his church: he proclaims the arrival of the kingdom, and even occasionally cures diseases and illnesses when it will help awaken more faith and stir more hope in the prospect of eternal life; when it will be for the long-run good of producing a more loving service by all involved in the healing process.
If we trust in the mercy of God absolutely and forever – then whatever the results of our prayer for anything is, is the very best that could happen! How could God want anything less for his beloved children than the very best!
Amen!
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