Readings: I - Is. 2: 1-5
II - Mt. 8: 5-11, 13
THE POWER OF FAITH
“If you have faith and do not doubt…you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea’ and it will be done” (Mt. 21:21). Such is the power of faith. But what is faith? “Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see” (Heb. 11:1). The centurion had tremendous faith in the authority of Jesus over his words. He highlighted the authority of Jesus subduing his own authority over those hundred under him. He was a non-Jew and a Samaritan still had a firm faith in the authority of Jesus over his words and it was done to him - his servant was healed from the terrible disease.
“All things are possible to him who believes” (Mk. 2:23). It is not enough that we fumble with words and babble in our prayers. Prayer is basically a matter of faith that the centurion had. In the light of the faith of the Centurion, let us examine our own faith and pray for the gift of faith, so that we might be the credible witnesses of Christ our Lord. May our mind and heart resonate with the prayer: “Lord Jesus, fill me with the gift of faith”.
