2018 01 12 Reflection 127 (Bro. Kiran Crasta CSsR on Mk 2: 1-12)

Like us on facebook at   / dominicanministriesgoa   write to us: [email protected] Today in the Gospel of Mark, we see Jesus healing the paralytic man. We are not sure whether the paralytic man had faith at all, but those four people who carried him to Jesus certainly had faith. Wow…… look that…..! Jesus blesses others too when someone prays on behalf of them. We have to take responsibility to bring others to Jesus. It won’t be that easy. It will be hard, but we must remove the roof above and cruise through all the obstacles. However, there are two methods through which we can bring people to Jesus; Firstly we can identify people who are being Catholics, live without going to church and without receiving sacraments. We can talk to them or bring them for the Holy Eucharist and confessionals or we can bring them to a priest. That’s how we can guide them to Jesus. They could be among our families, among our relatives, or even in the neighborhood. And secondly, through our prayers. There are several people who desperately need Gods love; who need Gods care; who need Gods mercy. Let us pray for them. They could be Catholics or non-Catholics or may be even non-Christians. We don’t have to think what we need to do? or what we need to pray? Jesus knows what they need and He knows what He has to do in their life. The only thing we need to do is to offer them to Christ like those four men in the Gospel. They didn’t even utter a word, yet Jesus understood everything. Let us become that instrument of Christ to bring to Him many.