TODAYS REFLECTION 7TH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME. MON MAY 16

TODAYS REFLECTION 7TH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME. MON MAY 16 ( Jas 3:13-18, Mk 9: 14 -29 ).

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Friends with the Feast of the Pentecost we have ended the Easter season and have now entered into the ordinary season of the year. Our liturgical colour now turns to green. In todays gospel, We see at once both Jesus' dismay with the disciples' lack of faith and his concern to meet the need of the troubled boy and his anguished father. Jesus also recognized the weakness of the fathers faith and at the same time challenged him to pray boldly with expectant faith: All things are possible to him who believes!

We see that  it is a good thing to turn to Jesus in our need, when things are suddenly out of control, it is far better to come to Him when life is good and when we do not have any immediate hardship. The fact that this man came to Jesus out of pure desperation, and the fact that he wasn’t even convinced that Jesus could do anything to help, reveals a lack of faith on his part. So it is with us.

Beloved, when we wait until we are in the midst of some crisis to come to our Lord, hoping but unsure of His ability to intervene, we are manifesting a certain lack of faith. But the good news is that Jesus worked with the little faith this man had and He will do the same with us. He cured his son and He will cure us when we come to Him with even a little faith. May the lord increase our Faith and make us come to him at all times not only in times of need. Wishing you a blessed week.