GOSPEL READING: John 4:43-54

43 After spending two days there, Jesus went and left into Galilee.

44 For he himself had said, “A prophet is not respected in his own country.”

45 When he arrived in Galilee, the people there welcomed him, because they had gone to the Passover Festival in Jerusalem and had seen everything that he had done during the festival.

46 Then Jesus went back to Cana in Galilee, where he has turned the water into wine. A government official was there whose son was sick in Capernaum.

47 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to go to Capernaum and heal his son, who was about to die.

48 Jesus said to him, “None of you will ever believe unless you see miracles and wonders.”

49”Sir,” replied the official, “come with me before my child dies,”

50 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live!” The man believed Jesus’ words and went.

51 On his way home his servants met him with the news, “Your boy is going to live!”

52 He asked them what it was when his son get better, and they answered, “It was one o’clock yesterday afternoon when the fever left him.”

53 Then the father remembered that it was at that very hour when Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” So he and all his family believed.

54T his was the second miracle that Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.

Reflection:

“Come with me before my child die.” This words from the official shows trust and faith in Jesus.

Many of us are sick, not in the physical but in emotional or spiritual sense. In that case, we need to let the presence of God to be with us. We are called to let Him be part of our lives. In the gospel, the government official has shown his belief in God. His words implies that if there is faith nothing is impossible with God.

Jesus’ response to his faith is, “Go, your son will live!”  If a person is truly in despair and disconcerted, how would he obey such words? That’s the meaning of faith. It may be weird, hard or complicated for unbelievers. But it is the right thing to do. There’s an old saying “To God is the Grace, The Work is to Human race”. In everything we do, think, and say we should always reflect about the will of God.