![]() He wants us to hear His voice (Mt 11:28), “ Come to me, all you who are burdened, and I will give you rest.”Īt the Last Supper, just before dying on the Cross to redeem the world, Jesus assured the Apostles (Jn 14:12-13), “ …whatever you ask in my Name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. He longs to show us that His love is stronger than sin and more powerful than our feelings of rejection or isolation. Jesus wants to cleanse us of whatever makes us unclean or fills us with loneliness or shame. Jesus’ love for us is no less than His love of the good thief. Let us imitate the good thief, who in the last hours of his life on earth, said to Jesus on the cross beside him (Lk 23:42f), “ Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” At once, Jesus replied, “ Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” After a life of crime and misery, the thief received from God the grace to trust Jesus like a little child. When we feel burdened by our sins, He wants us to come to Him without fear. His love reaches even unto death on the Cross. Jesus loves us with a love that far surpasses all we can hope for or imagine. Remember His words: “ Ask and it will be given to you seek and you will find knock and the door will be opened to you.” Be made clean!” Jesus hears us whenever, wherever and however we cry out to Him in faith. ![]() ![]() Let us keep in mind what Jesus tells the leper today (Ibid), “ I do will. My sons and daughters in Christ, may we never hesitate to come to Jesus for healing, never allow our shame or the attitudes of others water down our faith. The lepers, having been freed of their afflictions, could return home, but Jesus could not, not until He paid the price of our salvation on the Cross. He remained outside in deserted places.” The alienation and isolation suffered by lepers and others, Jesus took upon Himself. As a result (Mk 1:45), “it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. Jesus paid a price for answering the prayers of those whom He healed. Time after time, “…healing infirmities or forgiving sins, Jesus always responds to a prayer offered in faith” (CCC, 2612).When two blind men heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Son of David, have pity on us,” and Jesus replied, “Let it be done for you according to your faith” (Mt 9:27ff).Go in peace and be cured of your affliction” (Mk 5:34). When a woman with a hemorrhage touched His clothes, Jesus answered her desire for healing, telling her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you.Because of their “faith”, Jesus forgave the man’s sins and then healed him of physical paralysis. ![]()
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