WHEN FAITH COMES NOT ONLY HANDY
Monday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 9:18-26
Our Gospel today has a parallel with Mark. But there is a big difference as regards the daughter of the official who approached Jesus at the beginning of both Gospels. In the Gospel of Mark, the daughter is desperately ill but still alive. In Matthew, however, the same daughter is already dead. In both cases, nonetheless, the father, forgetting for a while his high status as a synagogue official, kneels before Jesus and begs for the life of his daughter.
Is it really faith in Jesus or love for his daughter that made the official do the unexpected? There seems to be a thin line here that divides faith in Jesus and love for another person. Love motivates faith. And when love for someone requires to do the impossible, the unthinkable, the unimaginable, faith in the Lord very often comes not only handy but naturally. But most importantly, it saves, if not restores, life.
Mt 9:18-26
Our Gospel today has a parallel with Mark. But there is a big difference as regards the daughter of the official who approached Jesus at the beginning of both Gospels. In the Gospel of Mark, the daughter is desperately ill but still alive. In Matthew, however, the same daughter is already dead. In both cases, nonetheless, the father, forgetting for a while his high status as a synagogue official, kneels before Jesus and begs for the life of his daughter.
Is it really faith in Jesus or love for his daughter that made the official do the unexpected? There seems to be a thin line here that divides faith in Jesus and love for another person. Love motivates faith. And when love for someone requires to do the impossible, the unthinkable, the unimaginable, faith in the Lord very often comes not only handy but naturally. But most importantly, it saves, if not restores, life.
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