Gospel: Matthew
8:5-17
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, but the children of the Kingdom will
be driven out into the outer darkness, where there will be wailing and grinding
of teeth.” And Jesus said to the centurion, “You may go; as you have believed,
let it be done for you.” And at that very hour his servant was healed.
Jesus
entered the house of Peter, and saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a
fever. He touched her hand, the fever left her, and she rose and waited on him.
When it
was evening, they brought him many who were possessed by demons, and he drove
out the spirits by a word and cured all the sick, to fulfill what had been said
by Isaiah the prophet:
He took
away our infirmities and bore our diseases.
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Reflection:
What is with
the roman centurion that we often times do not have?
Its faith and humility, very profound faith and humility! The centurion/soldier was the personification of deep faith. He simply believed that Jesus would grant what he wished for and because of his deep faith Jesus healed his servant.
Its faith and humility, very profound faith and humility! The centurion/soldier was the personification of deep faith. He simply believed that Jesus would grant what he wished for and because of his deep faith Jesus healed his servant.
The
centurion was also humble enough to beg the Lord for healing for his servant.
He did not mind going to Jesus to ask Him to cure his servant. The Centurion
could simply sent an emissary to Jesus and let his emissary do everything for
him. But he did not, in spite of his status as a ranking soldier he still
humbled himself before Jesus.
This is
oftentimes what we lack, we don’t have deep faith and we are lacking in
humility. We ask God to grant us something yet we doubt and we don’t care to
humble ourselves before Him.
We withhold the fulfilment of what we want to
happen to ourselves when we start to doubt if God will grant us what we wish
Him to bestow upon us. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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