Today's Gospel is a beautiful faith story about the royal official whose son is dying and begs Jesus to save the boy. The man believed and the boy was saved. As the man came home he is met with servants who tell him the exact hour that the boy began to feel better and it was about the same time that Jesus told the father that the boy would be saved. The entire household is then comes to believe in and follow Jesus.
Today's readings are in line with the hope from Laetare Sunday. They express that happiness for is to come. The child was dead, but now he's brought to new life. Not only the boy, but the father and all the household are called to a newness of life within Christ. Isiah tells us today: "Thus says the LORD: Lo, I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; The things of the past shall not be remembered or come to mind. Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happiness in what I create;
For I create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight" (Is 65:17-19) God is good. He creates life, not destroys it.
What about miracles though? Everyone seems to want one at some point, not a small one, but a big one. There is a video of Archbishop Fulton Sheen, the Robert Barron of his day, where Sheen speaks of going to Lourdes, France and waiting for a miracle, but none occurred. At least that was what he thought initially. Miracles come in different forms. When we ask for God to intervene in our lives, we usually want a particular outcome. We forgot that God, who sees all, will respond in the way that we need most, even if it is not apparent at first. For some that starts with an inner healing before it is outwardly manifest. For others it is a deep forgiveness of ourselves for past wrongs and reconciling with God that can bring us to a newness, a fullness of life. Through faith God can and does perform many miracles in our lives.
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