Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Twenty-Fourth Week Of Ordinary Time Luke 7: 1-10 The Jews prided their racial purity, and it was drilled into them to maintain this purity after coming back from their Babylonian Exile. This they assumed because their had not kept everything Moses had instructed them to […]
Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The First Week Of Advent Matthew 8: 5-11 The power of the Word of God is seen in this passage when one has great faith, like the Centurion, a non-Jew with high position humbling himself to come personally to Jesus to ask for his servant’s healing […]
Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday Of The Twenty-Fourth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 7:1-10 “..only say the word…” What marvellous expression of faith. This Centurion was expressing something that he was well acquainted with – i.e. taking orders, and giving orders. Working with orders is quite common in the army, and orders […]
Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The First Week Of Advent Matthew 8:5-11 The centurion was a person in authority in the Roman Empire. From this passage we see that though he was not a Jew, he had heard and known of Jesus and his works. And when his servant got paralyzed, he […]
Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant
Reflection on the Gospel of the Monday In The Twenty-Fourth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 7:1-10 Who is this Centurion, surely not a Jew. He is a Roman, holding a high position of authority in the Roman Military. He seems to be a good human being as he cares for his servant who is so […]