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This month’s issue
of our bulletin focuses on the subject of Healing. M any
of us equate healing with our physical bodies although this is not
entirely correct. For healing also includes above all our spiritual
well being. It could also relate to our relationships as well as many
other factors that affect our lives.
The Gospel reading last September 17 which was taken from
Luke Chapter 7 verses 11-17 tells us the story of the widow in Naim,
whose young son has died, was about to be buried when Jesus healed him
and brought him back to life.
When Jesus met them at the gate of the town, Jesus felt
pity for her. The Lord felt pity for her! And so He touched the
stretcher where they were carrying the dead man and raised him back to
life.
I believe that the widow in this story represents all
those people who are suffering in our world today. They may be those
just around us like from our own families, relatives, friends, neighbors
and those from our workplaces. Or they may be those who are far from us
like the refugees, those who are suffering because of war, persecutions,
famine and other calamities. I also believe that we have to do something
about it. We are all called to be like Jesus to them.
In the Gospels, we never see Jesus letting go of an
opportunity to heal, to help and to do good to people who are suffering.
Unlike the Levite and the priest in one of the parables,
Jesus does not pass by the other side of the road whenever He sees
someone in need. Neither should we! But it is not enough that we feel
pity for them, we also need to put this into action.
And I’d like to borrow and share with you here the words
of Fr. Rudy Horst, SVD (one of my favorite Sabbath reflections writers)
that would beautifully emphasize my point.
“We are surrounded by suffering people. They are there in
the streets, under the bridges, in squatter areas, in the apartments of
the middle class, and in the mansions of the rich and famous. At times
we belong to the group when suffering enters our life. How lonely we
feel when nobody cares. When others go their way and pretend not to see
our pain and loneliness.
But this is exactly what others feel when we have no
time for them. When we choose to go our way and avoid getting involved
in their problems. When we do not stop, reach out and touch with genuine
pity a person in need. And it is through us that Jesus wants to bring
consolation, pity, and love into the life of someone who needs it.”
Let us pray that the Holy Spirit
will open our eyes to see the misery, sorrow, pain and suffering of
other people and for the courage to go out of our comfort zones to act
and allow God to use us to bring His love and healing to them.
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