12.01.13

Lectio:  Mt 8.5-11                                                                 

Meditatio: “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’.” Mt 8.8

Oratio: O God, You gave Your Son such power that those who were really attentive and really searched, they would find Him and the truth about Him..

I remember a centurion, a Gentile, had seen or heard of Jesus in action, and he believed that Jesus had the power to heal through a word - what faith the centurion had! And what a result! Jesus healed his servant from a distance!                              

Grant that I may ever grateful for Jesus’ coming, speaking with authority and showing He had divine power so that it would easier for all to accept Him and His Words.|

I ask this and all things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what
God is saying to you.

Operatio: reflect: "not worthy...only say the word”;   the Centurion, like all, knew his unworthiness to have Jesus physically present to him and his household; but had such fath that he believed that Jesus could heal from a distance and Jesus did; in prayer seek the grace of a strong faith - a faith like the centurion’s; so that when I seek I may find, and when I ask in His name, it will be given to me; and for the grace to be in tune to what He would want and accept what He gives, knowing He will give what is best for us or others at the time.

Tomorrow's reading: Mt 16.15-20