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Cured by the Master of Angels
A Sermon on the healing of the paralytic
John Chrysostom From Homily XII in St. John Chrysostom: On the Incomprehensible Nature of God, translated by Paul W. Harkins (Catholic University of America Press, 1982). Used with permission. | posted 10/01/1994 12:00AM
“In the porticoes was one man who had been sick for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he said to him: ‘Do you wish to get well?’ The sick man answered him and said, ‘Yes, Lord. But I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred; while I am coming, another steps down before me’ ” [John 5:5–7].
Why did Jesus pass by all the others and come to this man? He did it so that he might show his power and his loving kindness.
A Long Misery
Let us not lightly pass over either the place or the 38 years the man had been in the grip of his infirmity. Let all men listen carefully—all those who have grown old in unending poverty, all who live with the weakness of their infirmity, all who endure the crises of worldly affairs, all who have lived with the surging storms of unexpected troubles. This paralytic lies before us as a haven open to all, as a safe port from human disasters.
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