Monday 31 March 2025
Isaiah 65:17-21. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me – Ps 29(30): 2, 4-6, 11-13. John 4:43-54.
Go. Your son will live.
In the first reading, Isaiah is trying to lift the spirits of his people. After long years of captivity in Babylon, they had returned home to Jerusalem with high hopes of a new start, only to find their dreams dashed by the harsh realities of life. ‘Put your trust in God’, Isaiah tells them. ‘God alone can satisfy your yearnings for joy, gladness, peace.’
The gospel has the same theme. The dreams of the court officer for his young son looked like being dashed by the boy’s impending death. It was twenty miles from his home in Capharnaum to Cana where Jesus was staying. He made the desperate journey, disregarding what people might think or say. He trusted in Jesus and his power and his faith was rewarded. Not only was the boy cured, but ‘the whole household believed’.
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