Faith, Courage, Love
Faith
Courage
Jesus love for all humanity
the Kingdom of God is open to all who Believe and have Faith!
Imagine yourself as the Centurion. You have 100 men under your military command. You have heard of Jesus' healing ability, at all cost and reverence, you must reach Jesus quickly to have your beloved servant healed and his life saved. Your servant is your best friend, he has served your family for ages.
Can you imagine going to Jesus and asking him to overlook your sins and make expedient healing under your roof to save your best friend?
Imagine the love the Centurion felt not only for his servant most importantly the faith, love and hope in the Kingdom of God he has for Jesus.
What are the people of the gospel thinking? Here is a man, a military officer in search for Jesus who is not accepted by the upper class of his time the pharisees and Sadducees! He has the courage to bypass the political climate of Jesus' time to save his servant and introduce himself as a believer and demonstrate his love and fidelity to Jesus.
How can you inspire others such as the Centurion to follow Jesus? As a result of his actions, he convinced Jesus to open the door for all gentiles to be included in the Kingdom of God, not just the Israelites.
Martha Medina
RCIA sponsor
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