Luke
13:10-17
Jesus was
teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. And a woman was there who for eighteen
years had been crippled by a spirit; she was bent over, completely incapable of
standing erect. When
Jesus saw her, he called to her and said, “Woman, you are set free of your
infirmity.” He laid his hands on her, and she at once stood up straight and
glorified God. But the leader of the synagogue, indignant that Jesus had cured
on the sabbath, said to the crowd in reply, “There are six days when work
should be done. Come on those days to be cured, not on the sabbath day.” The
Lord said to him in reply, “Hypocrites! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath
untie his ox or his ass from the manger and lead it out for watering? This daughter
of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years now, ought she not to have
been set free on the sabbath day from this bondage?” When he said this, all his
adversaries were humiliated; and the whole crowd rejoiced at all the splendid
deeds done by him.
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Reflection:
Was the woman
crippled by a spirit listening to Jesus in the synagogue?
Perhaps the
woman who was cured by Jesus on the Sabbath day was there listening to Him. Perhaps
the woman was also a follower and she has faith otherwise he would have not been
cured from her sickness that has been making life very difficult for her for
eighteen years.
Do we
still have time to listen to Jesus as well? Many of us have no more time to
follow and listen to Jesus for the simple reason that we are so busy following
and listening to the dictates of this material and temporary world.
So what
do they get from following the dictates of this material world? Nothing but
stress and emptiness! Material riches no matter how huge will never give us contentment
much less peace. Let us not be misled into following this world for it’s just
like chasing the wind! We would not get anything out of it.
Like the
sick woman in the gospel, let us rather choose to follow Jesus and let us
choose to listen more to Jesus. This is for the simple reason that if you have
the presence Jesus in your life He would always be there for you even on a Sabbath
day. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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