Daily Reflection: 20 Mar 07

In today's readings the crippled man is healed ... not be Jesus pulling the man into the pool but by my the simple words. The words of Jesus are the power that brings healing ... not just to the man but to you and me. In a way you can say that the man needing the healing is like the tree planted by the river described in Ezechiel's vision. Both are given life by the river of life, the kindgdom of God and Jesus. As we have begun the seonc half of Lent, ours is a journey to draw ourselves closer the Jesus but our recognizing that he is the source of refreshment and new life for us.