TUESDAY 18TH WEEK IN
ORDINARY TIME YEAR B.
1ST READING: JEREMIAH
30:1-2. 12-15. 18-22.
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 14:22-36
THEME: DO NOT DOUBT, HAVE FAITH.
I have come to realize that the
major problem we have on earth is the lack of faith in God. That people do this
bad thing and the other may be the lack of faith in God. The Israelites lost
faith in God and started going the wrong way that God got angry with them. God
is also today promising them and us his mercy and redemption. The problem now
is, do we have faith to accept it? That many temptations win us today is on the
basis of lack of faith. Peter filled with faith walked on the water but as soon
as he lost faith and focus, he started sinking. All those who touched his
garment with faith were healed. Where is your faith and my faith? We have faith
in the Lord but just like Peter, when a little challenge comes, we fall off.
A man who was born and brought up
in the Catholic Church was faced with an illness. At a point, the illness
refused to be healed. People were telling him that this is no longer a thing of
prayer and meditation. He should look for a diviner (Dibia). Oria
agbaro aka. Refusing for sometimes, at last he yielded to their
suggestions. After all said and done, the diviner could not also heal him. He
died in the sickness despite what the diviner did. Had he known, he would have
not involved himself in that. Have faith in God and he will visit you in due time.
Thanks.
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