March 23rd 2020 - Daily Gospel Reflection
At that time Jesus left
[Samaria] for Galilee.
For Jesus himself
testified
that a prophet has no
honor in his native place.
When he came into
Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him,
since they had seen all
he had done in Jerusalem at the feast;
for they themselves had
gone to the feast.
Then he returned to Cana
in Galilee,
where he had made the
water wine.
Now there was a royal
official whose son was ill in Capernaum.
When he heard that Jesus
had arrived in Galilee from Judea,
he went to him and asked
him to come down
and heal his son, who was
near death.
Jesus said to him,
“Unless you people see
signs and wonders, you will not believe.”
The royal official said
to him,
“Sir, come down before my
child dies.”
Jesus said to him, “You
may go; your son will live.”
The man believed what
Jesus said to him and left.
While the man was on his
way back,
his slaves met him and
told him that his boy would live.
He asked them when he
began to recover.
They told him,
“The fever left him
yesterday, about one in the afternoon.”
The father realized that
just at that time Jesus had said to him,
“Your son will live,”
and he and his whole
household came to believe.
Now this was the second
sign Jesus did
when he came to Galilee
from Judea.
Dear
Friends,
Whenever a miracle is performed by
Jesus there is a demonstration of faith. Again we see a demonstration of
faith, but this time the man demonstrates his faith by walking away from Jesus
and returning to his home as Jesus instructed. We may have felt a little
bit of this yesterday as we stayed home and did not receive the Eucharist. We have been guided by the Church to protect
the good of all and stay at home. Our faith is being demonstrated when in
our obedience we follow the direction of our Bishop and worship at home. These are unique times and they invite us to
demonstrate our faith in new ways. Many of us may have watched our priest
as the parish live streamed the celebration of the Mass, or we may have watched
Bishop Barron or Fr. Mike Schmitz as he celebrated at the Chapel on
Campus. These celebrations give us the
chance to fast and live our faith with an even wider community of
believers. As we pray at home and fast, let us remember to keep the Faith
and discover new ways to live it out in this world that is so desperate for
it.
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