FORGIVENESS BRINGS HEALING

Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Year C Matthew 9:1-8 “Courage, my son! Your sins are forgiven.” Jesus returned to his hometown. When the townspeople heard that He was home, they brought a paralytic to Him. But instead of healing the paralytic, Jesus does not perform a miracle of physical healing but told the man “your sins are forgiven.” The gospel reminds us that all of us all of us are in need of forgiveness. Why? Because it is SIN that makes us paralyzed. Everytime we willfully commit sins, we are making ourselves disable. Sin freezes us. Friends, today we have God who mobilizes our immobility. We have a God who defrost our frozennes. “Stand up, take your bed and go to your home." Don’t get stuck, MOVE! Finally, we have to be mindful that every time we do good we cannot avoid any criticisms. Theres always be a scribe critical in us. There will be people who will judge us and speak ill of us. Regardless of the negativity do not allow it to immobilize us. Good numbers of people cannot move because they get stuck to negativity. The paralytic man in today’s gospel is very fortunate to have his friends around him. They brought him to Jesus. How about you folks, what kind of friend are you? Are you that person who will bring your friends closer to Jesus or do you paralyze them yourselves? Remember, the farther we are to God, the more we cannot move. Be a good friend to your friends. How? Bring them to Jesus. Jesus is our friend who makes us laugh even when we think we will never smile again. Blessings Fr. Jhack