Today's Gospel involves the healing
of a boy possessed by a mute spirit. It comes right after the Transfiguration
and when Jesus comes down from the mountain, he finds the disciples he had left
behind trying to drive out the spirit but failing to do so. Jesus reacts by
lamenting "this faithless generation" then after talking a bit more
to the father, he proceeds to drive out the spirit.
In private, the disciples ask, "Why could we not
drive out the spirit?" Jesus replies. "This kind can only come out
through prayer.”
Sometimes I feel that it is not only possession that
can be handled through prayer. Sometimes we feel powerless before situations
around us which can easily lead us into despair. Sometimes we feel powerless
even before our own abilities to reform ourselves.
Today's Gospel is a nice reminder that all things are
possible with God and those things which make us feel powerless are best
handled with prayer.
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