Gospel: Matthew
8:5-11
When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion
approached him and appealed to him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home
paralyzed, suffering dreadfully.” He said to him, “I will come and cure him.”
The centurion said in reply, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my
roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man
subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and
he goes; and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’
and he does it. When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following
him, “Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith. I say to you, many will come from the east
and the west, and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet in
the Kingdom of heaven.”
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Reflection:
What brought
the centurion to Jesus? It was his great faith, when the centurion went to
Jesus for help for his servant he had nothing except his great faith. He firmly
believed in Jesus power to heal and he used his mighty faith to convince Jesus
to cure his servant.
Who is
this centurion? He is a roman officer that has people under his command, he
also is not a follower yet he has great faith in Jesus. Don’t we want this kind
of faith also? Of course we all want our faith to be like the centurions. Therefore
we must prayerfully ask Jesus to give us the same faith. But do we ask Jesus to
give us the gift of faith? Is the gift of faith always part of our prayer request
for Jesus?
If Jesus
could give that great faith to a non-follower like the centurion why can’t He
give us the same faith considering that we are his followers? Faith is a gift
that Jesus freely and generously gives to anyone who prays for it.
What is our
usual prayer to Jesus? Is it always to have the things of this world. Let us
not forget that the things of this world are passing and temporary. While faith
will not pass, it’s not also temporary.
Faith will
be with us until forever, it will accompany us in our journey beyond this world
going to the eternal Kingdom of the King of Kings no other than Jesus Himself.
Give us
the gift of faith O Lord Jesus, most especially the one who is reading this
reflection right now. Amen. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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