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Now that day was a Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who was cured, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.” He answered them, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’” They asked him, “Who is the man who told you, ‘Take it up and walk’?” The man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away, since there was a crowd there. After this Jesus found him in the temple area and said to him, “Look, you are well; do not sin any more, so that nothing worse may happen to you.” The man went and told the Jews that Jesus was the one who had made him well. Therefore, the Jews began to persecute Jesus because he did this on a Sabbath.
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Today the miracle "is working" in a different way. The paralytic has been lying there for 38 years. Poor wretch! Unable to do anything. Jesus Christ anticipates and asks him. The patient explains what happens to him, but he does not even dare asking for his cure... He does not think of that, after so many years! This sad situation turns up the insides of the Christ-God...
—This is how our humanity appears at present! paralytic and sick because of "the original sin". Sometimes we do not even think about it. We had been "thrown" for some time, in a pitiful state. Nothing we could do. Nor does it cross our minds that God could heal us. But He took the initiative and gave His own life for our health.
January 25th
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle
Gospel and commentary video
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Benedict XVI
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