Monday of the 4th week of Lent
Gospel John 4:43-54
“The man believed what Jesus had said and started on his way”. This is the faith. They were all looking for signs and portents. That is why Jesus is asking him, “So you will not believe unless you see signs and portents!” And this court official from Capernaum is not asking for signs but asking Jessus to come to his house to save his child. But Jesus just asked him to go home and that his son will live. When this court official accepted the Word of Jesus and believed in that, he made his conversion. His conversion from searching for signs into believing in the most visible sign, Jesus Christ. The Word of God is the most powerful sign in our midst. And when we start believing in that Word of God and not in the signs or miracles that Word God performs we also make this conversion. We have to move from searching for miracles to believing in the Word of God. And without any assurance we must start our journey like the court official. Just the Word of Jesus is enough. Lent is time to go in faith by moving forward just by trusting in the Word of God.
Monday 11 March
