Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity, October 20th, 2024
In the Fourth Chapter of St. John's Gospel, we hear the passage concerning the Nobleman's son that was gravely ill. The Nobleman found Our Blessed Saviour and implored His assistance in making his son well again. "Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way." It is certain that Our Lord was not against healing the Nobleman's son. We find many examples where He cures those who are gravely ill. But it seems that He was simply making a point that we should have faith enough that our belief is not dependent on what we see with our eyes. It seems in our own age, we have to see everything with our own eyes before we will believe it and even then we might still be skeptical in the back of our minds concerning the whole matter. Twenty-four hour news channels and sports channels; the internet; You-tube; etc. Everything is filmed and blogged about from major events to the seemingly unimportant, mundane things of life. Every story is pulled apart and every aspect of a story is magnified and looked at. We have to see everything .. . know everything . . . understand everything. But Our Blessed Lord is telling us that with God, we can have faith alone. We do not have to depend on seeing signs and wonders with Him. We can be assured that God will take care of our needs and we do not need proof. Our proof consists in the fact that Our Blessed Saviour was born as a human being and that He died on the Cross for our sins.
Join us at 10:30 AM on Sundays at St. Margaret church. We worship at the beautiful chapel at Marquette Manor, located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis.
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