Good morning good people, May the Lord give you peace and blessings in the Holy Spirit. It is 09th January 2025. We reflect on 1 John 5:5–13 and Luke 5:12–16.
“By her very nature, the Church is in solidarity with the poor, the excluded, the marginalized and all those considered the outcast of society. … In our hearts, we encounter the need to heed this plea, born of the liberating action of grace within each of us, and so it is not a matter of a mission reserved only to a few” (Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi te, 111).
Life is God’s first gift; eternal life is the promised gift for those who believe in Jesus Christ. God desires that all of us share and rejoice in the life that flows from faith in His Son. When sickness, pain, anxiety, or fear break into our days, God does not step back or disappear. He draws closer. In Jesus, God enters our wounds with a real presence and a personal touch.
The Incarnation reveals this stunning truth: God is near. Jesus is fully human and fully divine—true God and true man. As St. John teaches, the Spirit, the water, and the blood bear witness to this mystery. To receive and live this truth, we need the quiet fire of the Holy Spirit. When we hesitate to profess our faith, we lose the strength to overcome the world.
Jesus, fully human, understands our weakness and sin. Nothing is hidden from His healing gaze. The Gospel shows a Lord who is not afraid to touch what is broken. No sickness is too deep, no burden too heavy. Yet Jesus never forces His grace. He waits for our humility, our trust, our asking.
We all carry wounds—physical, emotional, spiritual. Like the leper, we must dare to approach Him. When we acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God, healing begins, and eternal life opens before us. Walk in hope. God is closer than you think.
May God bless you abundantly.