Season of Giving
Heal the World
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"The whole town was gathered at the door" (Mark 1:33).
And Jesus healed them all. Simon's mother-in-law experienced the miraculous touch of Jesus, and all who heard came at once to be healed by Him.
They came the next day as well. "Everyone is looking for you," His companions told Him, so Jesus continued healing the sick, driving out demons and preaching to them. At night, Jesus would rest His weary head and start over again, rising at dawn to pray to His Father for strength, and then carry on, healing and teaching.
What draining work it was for Jesus, whose human sufferings were real. Casting out even one demon couldn't have been easy—imagine a whole town's worth! All those desperate souls would be such a weight for us, but Jesus wasn't put out, for the weight of His cross began long before His walk to Calvary, "For this purpose have I come" (Mark 1:38).
Jesus came to save. He devoted His days on earth seeing to the needs of the suffering, which in one form or another is everyone. Jesus continues His ministry today through the Holy Spirit and heals us when we gather at His door, so that together in prayer to our Father who fortifies us, we may be His hands, His feet and His voice, helping all who need Him.
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About the Author
Elizabeth Tichvon is a Catholic writer and Consecrated Marian Catechist under the Direction of His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke. Always faithful to the Magisterium, she spreads and defends the Catholic faith as a true witness of Christ, confessing the name of Jesus boldly, never ashamed of the Cross.
Elizabeth became aware of the need for the New Evangelization while in the two years of her formation as a Marian Catechist and wrote over 200 published meditations on Sacred Scripture from the daily Liturgy of the Word for various Catholic websites, and following Jesus' example, now teaches through her own parables so that by sharing her stories through social media, might bring others closer to the heart of Christ. She is currently a regular columnist at Catholic365 and as a Marian Catechist, her spiritual life is the foundation of her writing.
She completed UCLA's Graduate Program With Honors and worked as a Paralegal for 32 years before retiring from Chrysler's Office of the General Counsel in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
