HEAL OUR SICKNESSES O JESUS!
DO YOU WANT TO BE WELL?
"There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep Gate a pool called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticoes.
"In these lay a large number of ill, blind, lame, and crippled. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.
"When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be well?”
"The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am on my way, someone else gets down there before me.”
"Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your mat, and walk.” Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked.
Now that day was a sabbath.
"So the Jews said to the man who was cured, “It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.” He answered them, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’”
"They asked him, “Who is the man who told you, ‘Take it up and walk’?” The man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away, since there was a crowd there.
"After this Jesus found him in the temple area and said to him, “Look, you are well; do not sin any more, so that nothing worse may happen to you.”
"The man went and told the Jews that Jesus was the one who had made him well.
"Therefore, the Jews began to persecute Jesus because he did this on a sabbath." (John 5: 1 - 16).
Tuesday 1st April 2025 in the 4th Week in Lent.
Prayer for healing is the most common type of prayer. We desperately pray for our own healing. We pray for members of our family and for friends and others.
There is no enjoyment in life greater than good health. Good health is a treasure greater than gold and silver.
What do we make of what Jesus said to the man who had been praying for healing for 38 years, whom He had just healed?
“Look, you are well; do not sin any more, so that nothing worse may happen to you.”
There is a tight connection between SIN, SUFFERING, SALVATION.
The whole truth of the Gospel is that Sin causes Suffering. The desperate effort to get rid of our suffering is what brings us to Salvation, that is the encounter with Jesus. Desperate people are more open to faith than self satisfied people.
Whose Sin causes us to suffer? Our own Sin, Family members, Neighbors, Country's, the World.
There are suffering that is redemptive. Some chosen souls participate in the sufferings of Jesus Christ for the good of souls. For example: Saints Catherine of Siena, Padre Pio, Therese of the Child Jesus, etc.
Jesus had no personal Sin. He suffered for the Sin of the world. Jesus - our Savior can deliver us from sins and the effects of sin.
Lent is a great time to reflect on SIN, SUFFERING and SALVATION. Prayer, fasting and almsgiving are the solid means of dealing with sin. The Eucharist and the Sacrament of Reconciliation are divine provisions for victory over sins.
THE CHURCH HONORS THE EUCHARIST IN APRIL.
"Jesus has made Himself the Bread of Life to give us life. Night and day, He is there. If you really want to grow in love, come back to the Eucharist, come back to that Adoration." (Mother St Teresa of Kolkata).
My flesh is real food and My blood is real drink says the Lord.
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