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Have Faith, and the
Miracle will happen
October 2005
A miracle happens when we have the following ingredients in our life's;
fervent prayer, deep humility, life of penance, sincere desire to
glorify the power of God, living charity, burning faith, and a hope that
cannot be upset. God in his mercy and power, answers this type life. We
have seen this gospel many times, but now let us look at it in these
qualities.
FERVENT PRAYER--"a certain ruler
came up and adored Him". He prayed to Jesus for a miracle before it
happened and God was with him. The poor woman prayed after being found
out and could not hide her faith, a prayer of thanksgiving.
DEEP HUMILITY--A rich man of
importance went to Jesus - with such humility that he did not care about
the voices of Pharisees. The poor woman in her humility who would just
barley touch the hem of his garments. The poor woman through this act of
faith and humility, taught the rich man by her example, how to have
faith.
LIFE OF PENANCE--The rich man's
penance was the sickness of his daughter, a sorrow of the heart that
brought about faith and humility. The poor woman's was the penance of
the body and the isolation from society, both emotional and physical.
HOPE THAT NOTHING CAN UPSET--Hope
in Jesus to call upon him and a hope that continued even when daughter
was died - lead by the hope/faith of the poor woman. First by the woman
and second by the rich man. The poor seem to possess God better. They
need him more.
DESIRE TO GLORIFY THE POWER OF
GOD--Jesus always glorified the father. Two miracles worked side by
side, supporting each other, the rich and the poor, the famous and the
forgotten. And the last line says; "and his fame went abroad". God's
will not allow his name to be taken of this world.
LIVING CHARITY--Through His mercy
and power, He heals the sickness of life, the evils, that would lead us
away from Him. That is not to say that, these evils cannot be used for
good as some who are able to suffer for others, for the greater glory of
God.
BURNING FAITH--"Have faith" Jesus
said to the rich man. Faith deservers a reward, that is true faith.
Paul says to walk in his model,
which is the model of Christ. Walk in the spirit not of the flesh.
If you don't then, you are an
enemy of the cross. Embrace the cross, or better yet embrace your cross.
Easy to say harder to do. That poor woman in the gospel, because of her
disease did not have, her family, her husband, isolated, rejected,
shunned by everybody. Through her faith, the mercy of God was realized,
a mercy and charity to give her back to her family. The same with the
rich man and his faith, his child was returned.
So let us pray to walk in our
cross as we have example before us, trusting in God, with faith and hope
and all the qualities mention above. |
