Do You Want To Be Well?

Jesus poses a casual but important question to the man who had spent 38 years waiting for someone to put him into the pool of Bethesda, "Do you want to be well?" Because there was no one to put him into the pool for a cure, he had learned to live with his pain.  Jesus took pity on him and cured him. (Cf. Jn 5: 1-8).
We might, as some of the Church Fathers did, look upon the man's infirmity as representing our sinfulness.  Are we content with our repetitious confessions, or do we really "want to be well"?  It won't happen just by wallowing in our weakness, but by seeking REAL help from Jesus. First, however, comes the "desire".  Do we really WANT to be healed?  If so, what are we going to do about it?
Ezechiel's abundant waters. (Ez 47: 1-12)  represent baptism, and surely they have cleansed us from our state of original sin, but they continue to flow via the sacrament of reconciliation and they continue to nourish our on-going healing. As we move through Lent, may we make it a point to "let the rivers flow" freely into our hearts and purify our motives and desire to be well.
Bro. Rene








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