Trust Love to heal

The psalmist in the Roman Catholic Lectionary proclaims “O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me” This cry of thanksgiving is echoed by the Roman official in John’s Gospel who trusts Jesus promise of healing for his son. Isaiah presents a vision of the New Jerusalem that God will create for the faithful who have been in exile. The cynical part of our nature seeks a sign. The part of our being which knows love and the abandonment of self for the other trusts love to be faithful and knows that love is the healing balm for human troubles.