Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Power Came forth from Him (Lk 6:12-19)

At the end of today’s reading we see this sentence, “power came forth from Him”. It is the power of Jesus that we see in the gospel and that we experience in our day today life. The power of Jesus came forth for different purposes such as

- to heal the body and soul of persons,

- to cast away the evil spirits and

- to proclaim the arrival of kingdom of God.

Jesus selected 12 apostles to hand over this power after His life on earth. After the ascension of Jesus apostles used this power to heal, to fight against the powers of darkness and to proclaim the kingdom of God. This power is handed over to the Church which is built on the foundation of the apostles.

Today we receive this power of Jesus through the church. When we receive the sacraments we receive this power from God to get healed, to chase away the evil and to proclaim the Kingdom values. We may think that this power is a monopoly of the priests and the religious. In fact all the members of the church are basically priests, prophets and kings with our baptism and therefore sharers of the power that comes through the church.

To receive the power let us come to Jesus as the people did in today’s gospel. Let us come with the desire to touch and experience him so that the Power would flow to our heart to heal us, to deliver from powers of darkness and to make us channels of Kingdom of God.

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