Daily Gospel Reflection for September 7, 2020

Join us as we reflect, ponder, and pray together inspired by today's Gospel.

Today's Gospel: Luke 6:6-11

Jesus is teaching in a synagogue and a man with a withered hand walks in. The Pharisees are watching Jesus, hoping to catch him doing something wrong. When Jesus heals the man with a withered hand, he breaks the rule of no working on the sabbath. The Pharisees are enraged.

I have always been one who follows the rules. “A goody-two-shoes” as some would say. My conscience has always been extremely sensitive. I can remember many times not being able to sleep because I had broken some minor rule. I would get out of bed to go tell my parents what I did so I could go to sleep. I guess you could call that my first experience with confession.

So what would I have done had I been with Jesus and the man with the withered hand? Would I have spoken up for Jesus or would I have been a Pharisee? What would my conscience have wanted me to do? Follow the rule, or heal the man with a withered hand? Would I have understood that this falls under a different kind of “rule”? A rule of compassion. A rule of Love.

Jesus is still healing today. We need only to reach out to Him. We need only to ask Him.

We need only to stretch out our hand.

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Ponder:

Think of a time when you have needed healing. Were you afraid to ask God?

Pray:

Dear Lord, please give me the courage to stretch out my hand and ask for healing. Help me to trust in Your merciful love. Amen.

Copyright 2020 Colleen Spiro