Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Matthew 8: 5-17

June 27, 2026 | Saturday

Today’s Gospel 

When Jesus entered Capernaum, an army captain approached him, to ask his help, “Sir, my servant lies sick at home. He is paralyzed and suffers terribly.” Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”

The captain answered, “I am not worthy to have you under my roof. Just give an order and my boy will be healed. For I myself, a junior officer, give orders to my soldiers. And if I say to one, ‘Go!’ he goes; and if I say to another, ‘Come!’ he comes; and if I say to my servant, ‘Do this!’ he does it.”

When Jesus heard this, he was astonished; and said to those who were following him, “I tell you, I have not found such faith in Israel. I say to you, many will come from east and west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob at the feast in the kingdom of heaven; but the heirs of the kingdom will be thrown out into extreme darkness; there, they will wail and grind their teeth.”

Then Jesus said to the captain, “Go home now. As you believed, so let it be.” And at that moment, his servant was healed.

Jesus went to Peter’s house and found Peter’s mother-in-law in bed with fever. He took her by the hand and the fever left her; she got up and began to wait on him.

Toward evening, they brought to Jesus many people possessed by evil spirits; and with a word, he drove out the spirits. He also healed all who were sick. In this way, what was said by the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled: He bore our infirmities and took on himself our diseases.

Today’s Reflection

Today we see a non-Jew possessing great faith. He deems himself unworthy to receive Jesus in his house. His full trust in Him leads to the healing of his servant.

Like the Roman officer, none of us is really worthy of God, but God chooses to be with us because he loves us greatly. Love is an unmerited gift for humanity. We are not loved because we earned it or that it is our right. We are not loved simply by doing good deeds. We are loved because we are his children, his creation. When we realize this, we come to the realization that we need to be humble before God. Humility opens us to complete healing which then leads to a renewed and transformed relationship with God.

/Vulnerasti, 2026