In today's Gospel, Jesus is approached by a Roman centurion whose servant is seriously ill. When Jesus says that He will come and cure the servant, the centurion responds, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed." These are the words that we reiterate at every mass, right before receiving Communion, "Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed."
The Roman approaches Jesus with great humility and trust, acknowledging his own unworthiness but confident that Christ has the power to heal, if He so chooses. This is the model for how we too should approach Christ, especially during this season of Advent: humbly acknowledging our great need for Jesus and our unworthiness of the fact that He has given us the gift of Himself, but confident and fully trusting that He has the power to heal our deepest wounds. When we say these words at the mass, we are emphasizing that even as unworthy as we are, Jesus doesn't just enter under our roof. He enters into our very souls. And He alone has the power to heal even the deepest wounds of our soul.
This Advent, I'd like to invite you to bring to Jesus whatever it is in your life that is in need of healing. Bring to Him the deepest wounds of your soul, whatever they may be. Bring to Him whatever is keeping you from drawing closer to Him. Approach Jesus like the Roman centurion, with humility but with great trust in His power to heal. Prepare for this Christmas by bringing to Christ whatever is weighing you down the most and allow Him to do what He needs to in your life in order to truly heal you and make you whole.
My prayer for all of you is that God may give you the grace to bring to Him whatever you need to and that He may bring you His healing this Christmas.
Pax Vobiscum
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