It is narrated in the said Gospel that when Jesus answered: “It is not right to throw the children’s bread to the dogs”, the woman replied: “It is true, Sir, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their master’s table.” Then Jesus said: “ Woman, great is your faith! So be it as you want.”
I used to think of faith only as an assurance and a conviction; for in the Letter to the Hebrews, 11:1, we read: “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” The words, however, of Father Mac corroborated what Jesus Christ said in Matthew 21:21-22, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith, and do not doubt, you shall not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea, it shall happen’. And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.” One, therefore, who has true faith, participates in the Power of God, Who can do all things, for with Him nothing is impossible.
From the foregoing then, my belief in “Divine Healing” is reinforced. We hear of people who have administered this power and have obtained the cure of many sick people, like Sister Bridgit McKenna, Rev. Fr. Leonardo Polinar, Rev. Fr. Corsie Legaspi, and several others. I, myself, have witnessed the healing of some people who asked to be prayed over by me and my companions in the Charismatic Renewal Movement.
One such case which I consider an answer to a prayer for healing is the case of a lady, who suffered severe burns on her two legs caused by an accident from a liquefied gas. For six months she was treated at the Cagayan Provincial Hospital, which was situated then in Tuguegarao. When I visited her, I was informed that the doctors had already given up hope for the healing of the ulcers that covered her two legs and so, she was advised to go home. Visiting her in their home I asked her if she believes in the power of prayer. Nodding with her head, we prayed together for healing. Upon returning the following day, she told me that the pain that she had been feeling had subsided. Taking this as a sign that our prayers were being heard, we again prayed together and I told her to continue praying. A month after this, when I went to visit her, I saw her two legs completely healed. She told me that after I left, a woman went to her and advised her to wash her legs with water that has been boiled with guava leaves. This healed all her ulcers.
God, in His infinite goodness, really shares with us His Divine Power when with true faith in Him we pray for something which is in accordance with His Holy Will. With this faith we participate in His power.
by: Buddy Caguragan
August 21, 2011
August 21, 2011
