When Jesus had finished all his words to the people,
he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to
die, and he was valuable to him. When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of
the Jews to him, asking him to come and save the life of his slave. They
approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying, “He deserves to have
you do this for him, for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for
us.” And Jesus went with them, but when he was only a short distance from the
house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself,
for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.
Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come
to you; but say the word and let my servant be healed. For I too am a person
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 at him and, turning, said to the
crowd following him, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.”
When the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.
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Reflection:
Are we concerned of the welfare of the less
fortunate?
When the centurion/soldier heard that Jesus was
nearby. He asked one of his people to ask Jesus to pass by his house so that HE
could heal his slave.
The concern of the centurion to his slave is very
commendable. I wish that we are all like him: very concerned with the welfare
of the less fortunate. But the reality of it all is many of us do not care for
the slaves or the less fortunate.
We just have to look around and we’ll see that
poverty is all over the place. What are we doing about this? Are we doing
something to help them in whatever way possible? Or we don’t mind them for the
reason that they are poor and they can’t pay us back.
Many are poor nowadays because many of us are
indifferent to their plight. And many of these indifferent people are politicians
who shamelessly steal money which is
supposed to be given to the poor. Let us become modern day centurions by being
helpful to the slaves of our times none other than the poor people of our
society.
Jesus will surely be happy if we would help them.
But are we concerned for their welfare? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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