DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
“Jesus Heals – Mission”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus healed Simon’s mother-in-law and others who had diseases; including those possessed by devils. The crowds urged Jesus to remain, but Jesus had to proclaim the Good News to other towns. Ponder on, “Do we love Jesus sincerely, or do we need Him more because we have different needs, like cure from our illness?
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Luke 4:38-42a, 43
Leaving the synagogue he went to Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in the grip of a high fever and they asked him to do something for her. Standing over her he rebuked the fever and it left her. And she immediately got up and began to serve them.
At sunset all those who had friends suffering from diseases of one kind or another brought them to him, and laying his hands on each he cured them. Devils too came out of many people, shouting, ‘You are the Son of God.’ But he warned them and would not allow them to speak because they knew that he was the Christ.
When daylight came he left the house and made his way to a lonely place.
The crowds wanted to prevent him leaving them, but he answered, ‘I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, because that is what I was sent to do.’