Fifth Sunday
in Ordinary Time –
Sunday, 5th February 2012
...Fr. Johnny Doherty, C.Ss.R.
“The
fever left her and she began to wait
on them.” One
of the lovely features of the Gospels
is the number of healing stories they
contain. Nothing is too big or too
small to bring to Jesus. He raised
Lazarus from the dead; he healed Peter’s
mother-in-law from a fever. That same
Jesus is with us and among us with
the same power and the same longing,
to heal us into wholeness. All we
have to do is ask him for what we
need for ourselves and for one another
and know that he will answer. We all
need his healing power in so far as
we set limits to our love for one
another because his great commandment
is to love. Husbands and wives often
need to stretch their love into forgiveness
if they are to go forward together.
Parents need to grow in understanding
of their children. And in our faith
community we need Christ’s power
to help us to take true responsibility
for those in need.
