“By offering your pain and suffering, you come here with the faith that Jesus heals,” Bishop Williams said. “If you give us a ...
Chapter 3 of the Acts of the Apostles contains Peter’s preaching about Christ as healer from sin and its effects as a consequence of his passion, death and resurrection. The sermon was occasioned by ...
Throughout this year of Mark, Jesus’ healing of the sick — physically and spiritually — is prominent. All this year, we’ve seen a recurrent pattern. Jesus encounters a sick person. Someone — either ...
There are 37 miracles of Jesus mentioned in the gospels, and two-thirds of these involved him healing someone. John’s Gospel tells us that what is written only represents a fraction of what Jesus did ...
Spiritually these deeds save us. But do mend our earthly bodies as well? This week, Protestants and Catholics around the world will celebrate Easter, once again in the midst of a global pandemic. At ...
Find today’s readings here. When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home. Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, not even around the ...
Have you ever been in a crowd of people? The type of crowd where you’re shoulder to shoulder, shuffling forward, very aware that your personal space has become nonexistent? In Luke 8:40-56, this was ...
Discovering hope and healing for fallible followers through Jesus’ faithfulness in the Gospel of Mark. When I began exploring the Christian faith I’d inherited from my parents, I felt as though I’d ...
When anyone cries out to God for healing or help, God always listens, Pope Leo XIV said. "There is no cry that God does not hear, even when we are not aware we are addressing him," the pope told ...
A Reflection for Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time “On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. In front ...
In recent decades, divine healing has often been overshadowed by extremes — on one side, excessive sensationalism and theological imbalances, and on the other, skepticism and neglect. As a result, ...