Jesus left at daybreak and looked for a solitary place. People went out in search of him, and finding him, they tried to dissuade him from leaving. But he said, “I have to go to other towns, to announce the good news of the kingdom of God. That is what I was sent to do.” And Jesus continued to preach in the synagogues of Galilee.
REFLECTION:
Peter’s mother-in-law gives a model of how to make use of the healing received from Jesus. “She got up and waited on them.” If all the recipients of Jesus’ miracle imitated Peter’s mother-in-law, the people in the village did not have to dissuade Jesus from leaving. When God comes to us, He does not just address our need; He wants us to sustain His presence by serving others. When he performs a miracle, He transforms the healed person into a miracle worker himself. The healed person may not be able to replicate the power of Jesus, but he can empower the person in need to have faith. Then such a faith replicates Jesus’ miraculous power. Jesus’ miracles are not meant to give a happy ending, but to give a new beginning in people’s lives. And that new beginning has to be shared to everyone we know and meet
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