MY DAUGHTER, YOU ARE SET FREE!
JESUS HEALED THE CRIPPLED WOMAN ON THE SABBATH.
"Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath.
And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by a spirit; she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect.
When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said,
“Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.”
He laid his hands on her, and she at once stood up straight and glorified God.
But the leader of the synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured on the sabbath, said to the crowd in reply,
“There are six days when work should be done. Come on those days to be cured, not on the sabbath day.”
The Lord said to him in reply,
“Hypocrites! Does not each one of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his ass from the manger and lead it out for watering?
This daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years now, ought she not to have been set free on the sabbath day from this bondage?”
When he said this, all his adversaries were humiliated; and the whole crowd rejoiced at all the splendid deeds done by him." (Luke 13: 10 - 17).
" And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled.
Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.” (Luke 13: 12).
Monday 27th October 2025, 30th Week in Ordinary Time.
Jesus observed a crippled woman, bent over and badly deformed in the Synagogue in the course of His teaching.
Who is this woman? Let us try to figure out who she is:
#1 She was not embarrassed to go to the weekly service in the Synagogue despite her sorry state.
#2 She is a woman of strong faith who believes that God is her Father and loves her deeply in spite of her handicap.
#3 She believes that in His infinite power, God can bring good out of every evil.
#4 She submitted her condition to the will of God. "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done."
Is it surprising that Jesus noticed her?
“Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.”
Jesus then laid His hands on her and she was healed at once.
Notice what she did next: "She glorified God."
Signs and wonders point to the arrival of the Kingdom of God.
At the time Jesus was ministering, we know that many in Israel were awaiting the manifestation of the Kingdom of God.
Simeon and Anna in the incident of the Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple were some of the people expecting the coming of the Messiah.
How about us? The Messiah Jesus is with us. He is Emmanuel. He is truly present in the Holy Eucharist.
He is present in the Blessed Sacrament in a unique and very real manner.
Thirdly, He is present in you and me in the Sacrament of the Present Moment.
How is He working in us?
Every single comfort, every mercy, every breakthrough you experience in life is from Jesus.
Like the crippled woman in our Scripture today, glorify God and give Him thanks when you experience favor in your life.
Do not delay in enjoying the benefits of the Emmanuel, the God who is always with you.
October is the Month dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary.
Why a special month for the Holy Rosary?
- "When you 'hail' Mary, she immediately greets you! She is utterly courteous and pleasant. If you greet her, she will answer you right away." — Saint Bernardine of Siena.
For Prayers, Consecration, Litany, Testimony of Jesus about those who pray the Rosary, click the link below:
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