Today is the day each month that we celebrate mass
and the sacrament of the anointing of the sick with the Happy Hearts group of
our parish. In the three parishes where I have been assigned, I
have enjoyed celebrating the anointing mass each month with a group of
parishioners who come to the Lord to receive his healing touch in such a
special way. It is so appropriate that we hear a Gospel reading
today that is all about healing. A group a people bring a man to Jesus for healing –
this man is deaf and he has a speech impediment. Jesus tells the man – Be opened! And then the man could plainly speak. Sometimes it seems like we are deaf, doesn’t
it? We want to hear God’s word, we want
to hear God’s will speaking to us, but sometimes that message is difficult to
hear, drowned out by all the other noise in the world around us. Other times it is like we have a speech impediment,
doesn’t it? The words don’t come out the
way we want them to. We speak unkindly,
we ignore the message God gives us to say. The Sacrament of the anointing that we receive
today brings healing into our lives, it brings comfort to our souls and to our
physical bodies. Pope Francis said that the Sacrament of the
Eucharist is also a sacrament of healing for our soul and forgiveness for our
sins. After mass today, we will share a meal and have
fellowship, we will make Valentine’s Day cards for the sick and the shut-ins. Those activities will continue the healing
process that God brings into our lives today. Thank you,
Lord, for the communion and fellowship that we share together today in our holy
mass, in your sacraments. Thank you
helping us be your holy body in the world.
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