What is God saying to you?
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
WEEK NINE: MIRACLES, SIGNS OF THE KINGDOM DAY 5
MORNING (Evening) FACE TO FACE WITH GOD:
Begin with Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Prayer on Luke 17: 15-16; 19: The Cleansing of the Samaritan Leper: "And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan... Then he said to him, "Stand up and go; your faith has saved you." [Please read Luke 17: 11-19 for a better appreciation of the passage].
Read the Reflection; then pray using Luke 17: 11-19; ask for an intimate knowledge of our Lord, who has become man for me, that I may love Him more and follow Him more closely (#104)
1. Realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan: It must have taken the Samaritan leper great courage and trust to come to Jesus, along with the nine other Jewish lepers. As a Samaritan, he was considered an outcast. Jesus was a Jew. Would Jesus turn him down? Owing to his degrading sickness, his misery was great indeed! But even greater was his faith and trust in Jesus. His healing produced in him the authentic results of repentance or conversion: He returned to glorify God, and falling at the feet of Jesus, thanked him!
2. Then he (Jesus) said to him, "Stand up and go; your faith has saved you": Jesus came to save us from our sin and offer us a share in God's divine life through Him. Having faith in Jesus, as the Samaritan did, is surrendering to Jesus as Savior and Lord. Jesus exercises His power within the context of faith, as He has come to bring us salvation from Satan, sin, and permanent death. His dismissal of the Samaritan is very moving: "Stand up and go; your faith has saved you." Taken from Mold me as Your Disciple.
MORNING (Evening) FACE TO FACE WITH GOD:
Begin with Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Prayer on Luke 17: 15-16; 19: The Cleansing of the Samaritan Leper: "And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan... Then he said to him, "Stand up and go; your faith has saved you." [Please read Luke 17: 11-19 for a better appreciation of the passage].
Read the Reflection; then pray using Luke 17: 11-19; ask for an intimate knowledge of our Lord, who has become man for me, that I may love Him more and follow Him more closely (#104)
1. Realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan: It must have taken the Samaritan leper great courage and trust to come to Jesus, along with the nine other Jewish lepers. As a Samaritan, he was considered an outcast. Jesus was a Jew. Would Jesus turn him down? Owing to his degrading sickness, his misery was great indeed! But even greater was his faith and trust in Jesus. His healing produced in him the authentic results of repentance or conversion: He returned to glorify God, and falling at the feet of Jesus, thanked him!
2. Then he (Jesus) said to him, "Stand up and go; your faith has saved you": Jesus came to save us from our sin and offer us a share in God's divine life through Him. Having faith in Jesus, as the Samaritan did, is surrendering to Jesus as Savior and Lord. Jesus exercises His power within the context of faith, as He has come to bring us salvation from Satan, sin, and permanent death. His dismissal of the Samaritan is very moving: "Stand up and go; your faith has saved you." Taken from Mold me as Your Disciple.
"Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?"" Luke 17:18 I was struck by Jesus who acknowledges He is God, the Samaritan recognized that only God could of done what He did and came back to offer his thanks. Jesus is the great high priest, the Samaritan wasn't bound by the Jewish teachings, his world had been transformed by Jesus.
What is God saying to you?
Dear Father, You came for all, not one particular group but all who will accept Your free gift of healing. Your word gives us insight into Your divine life and reveals truth when we sit still and ponder. I thank You for encouraging me to sit this evening and visit with You. Watch over us this evening, give is a restful nights sleep and may we be prepared for tomorrow, I ask this in Jesus name, Amen.
Mary, Queen of Peace, Pray for us
St Joesph, Protector of the Family, Pray for us.
Viva Cristo Rey.
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
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