Feb 25, 2012

Read It:Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post.
He said to him, "Follow me."
And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him.
Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house,
and a large crowd of tax collectors
and others were at table with them.
The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying,
"Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
Jesus said to them in reply,
"Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do.
I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners."
Reflect on It: In today's Gospel, we see that those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do. Those of us who are sinners, we're the sick ones who need Jesus. Today's gospel is not one of comdemnation, but instead one that reminds us who we are: sinners, in need of the healing that only the Lord can provide. Each of us are sinners, each of us have woundedness that perhaps we haven't allowed the Lord to heal. That woundedness is waiting for a Savior. He wants to take our pain and our wounds and make them beautiful. Let him, who is the Divine Healer do just that.

Pray about It: Lord, I want you to heal my wounds! I know and believe that you can. Heal the wound today that I most need healed and help me to grow in that grace.

Live It! Challenge: Pray for the grace to no longer be held down by your woundedness.