“...a faithful envoy brings healing”
(Proverbs 13:17 – see also 4:22; 12:18; 15:4; 16:24).
“Jesus answered them, ‘To you it has
been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has
not been granted. For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have
an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away
from him. Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do
not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. In their
case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, “YOU WILL KEEP ON
HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND; YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT
PERCEIVE; FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL, WITH THEIR EARS THEY
SCARCELY HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE WITH
THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN, AND
I WOULD HEAL THEM.” But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears,
because they hear. For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men
desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and
did not hear it’” (Matthew 13:11-17).
“A man who hardens his neck after
much reproof will suddenly be broken beyond remedy [מרפא,
“healing”]” (29:1 – see also 2 Chronicles 36:15,16).
Father, speak today through Your
messengers to Your people in the name of the Son, by the power of the Spirit. Give
us ears to hear, eyes to see, and hearts to understand, so that we will turn to
You and be healed. Heal eternally today through the proclamation of Your Word
in the gathering of the Church.
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