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Come And Ask Read: Mathew 8:1-4

William of Vercelli, Saint 1085-1142. founder, born in Vercelli Italy he was brought up as an orphan became a hermit on Monte Vergine, Italy after a pilgrimage to Compostella and attracted so many followers that a monastery was buillt. By 1119 his followers were united in the Benedictine congregation, the Hermits of Monte Vergine (Williamites) which he headed. The austerity of his rule led to dissension among his monks to restore peace he left and was taken under the protection of Roger I of Naples who built a monastery for him in Salerno. He founded monasteries through out Naples, and died at the Guglielmo monastery near Nusco Italy. He is also called William of Monte Vergine. Feast day June 25.

I do not enjoy seeing my son being injected with a syringe needle. It hurts me to see him being hurt. But I allow it because of the greater healing or cure that comes with it. I don’t allow him to suffer for suffering’s sake. It’s a suffering that would be a blessing.

In this same way, God doesn’t enjoy seeing us suffer. But He may allow us to go through pain and suffering, only because there is a greater blessing that will come out of it.

But as in the leper’s powerful prayer-encounter with Jesus, the secret is we have to approach Jesus and give ourselves to Him. We tell Him we want to be clean — to be healed, to be forgiven, to be saved and to be blessed!

God loves us so much He respects what we want for our lives. So we have to come to Jesus with boldness and faith.

It wasn’t easy for a leper to come out publicly and approach Jesus. Yet he chose and decided to change his life. He believed that Jesus can change him.

And Jesus wanted to cure Him. And he was healed.

Reflection:

Believe that God wants to heal you. Come to Him in faith — today!

Jesus, I do want to be clean. Heal me, Change me, Transform me. And turn my sufferings into my blessings. In Your most powerful name. Amen.

TODAYS SAINT: St. William of Vercelli