Give the Word, and My Servant Will be Healed

Making Friends With The Lord Jesus · Sep 15, 2024 · 10m

Today, we read in the Gospel of the Mass of the encounter of Jesus with the centurion. A centurion was an officer in the Roman Army in charge of a hundred men. He had a servant he was fond of and who was sick and near death. He sent Jewish friends to ask Jesus for the favor of curing the servant. Jesus goes, but when He was closer to the house, the centurion sent Him a message. It said that he did not presume that Jesus come into his dwelling. The Jews were very careful in being pure and clean. Coming in touch with a Gentile or entering a Gentile's house would get them into trouble with…