POSITIVE CONNECTION
(Mark 2:1-12)
A friend in need is a friend
indeed, they say. Today we saw a group of people that formed committee of good
friends to help a brother in need. A helpless paralytic was brought to Jesus
for healing. These men forgot about their own individual problems and presented
this man to Jesus.
Their effort was amazing. They
opened the roof because of the teaming population that filled the place Jesus
was. They helped the paralytic to locate the solution to his problems. Jesus
saw the man, forgave him, healed him and made his life better.
What is your attitude towards
connecting people positively? Do you see
people's need for job, scholarship, life partner, business assistance, health
challenge, spiritual direction, etc?
Have you taken risk to save
people from shame, from condemnation, from downfall, from death? When you see
the light do you show others the light as well? When opportunities come do you
ensure that the most qualified persons enjoy the benefits?
What type of friend are you? Are
you a friend that thinks only about yourself? Are you a friend that finds it
difficult to take your friend along when fortune smiles? Let us learn from
these good friends how to take people in need to God, to good places, to meet
good people, to meet good opportunities, that the goodness and love of God may
go round. They may not even be our relatives, our friends or people we know,
but we must be driven by the desire to help people out of their misfortunes and
not indifference.
LET US PRAY
Lord God, we thank you today for
the good people you have blessed us with on earth. Bless them and keep them in
your love. Surround us with people who will connect us positively in life. Keep
away from us bad friends and save us from perishing in our problems. May your
help and our helper locate us in our various points of need from you through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
God bless your Friday (Week 1,
Ordinary Time Yr B)
Rev Fr Julian O Ekeh
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