Słowo Boże
Było święto żydowskie i Jezus udał się do Jerozolimy.
W Jerozolimie zaś znajduje się Sadzawka Owcza, nazwana po hebrajsku Betesda, zaopatrzona w pięć krużganków. Wśród nich leżało mnóstwo chorych: niewidomych, chromych, sparaliżowanych.
Znajdował się tam pewien człowiek, który już od lat trzydziestu ośmiu cierpiał na swoją chorobę. Gdy Jezus ujrzał go leżącego i poznał, że czeka już długi czas, rzekł do niego: «Czy chcesz stać się zdrowym?»
Odpowiedział Mu chory: «Panie, nie mam człowieka, aby mnie wprowadził do sadzawki, gdy nastąpi poruszenie wody. Gdy ja sam już dochodzę, inny schodzi przede mną».
Rzekł do niego Jezus: «Wstań, weź swoje łoże i chodź». Natychmiast wyzdrowiał ów człowiek, wziął swoje łożę i chodził.
Jednakże dnia tego był szabat. Rzekli więc Żydzi do uzdrowionego: «Dziś jest szabat, nie wolno ci nieść twojego łoża».
On im odpowiedział: «Ten, który mnie uzdrowił, rzekł do mnie: Weź swoje łoże i chodź». Pytali go więc: «Cóż to za człowiek ci powiedział: Weź i chodź?» Lecz uzdrowiony nie wiedział, kim On jest; albowiem Jezus odsunął się od tłumu, który był w tym miejscu.
Potem Jezus znalazł go w świątyni i rzekł do niego: «Oto wyzdrowiałeś. Nie grzesz już więcej, aby ci się coś gorszego nie przydarzyło». Człowiek ów odszedł i doniósł Żydom, że to Jezus go uzdrowił. I dlatego Żydzi prześladowali Jezusa, że to uczynił w szabat.
J 5,1-3, 5-16
Kilka myśli na temat dzisiejszego fragmentu Pisma Świętego
ActiveDefault- Anonimowy człowiek leżący przy sadzawce zwanej Betezdą czekał trzydzieści osiem lat na uzdrowienie. Można by go opisać jako kogoś, kto cały ten czas „żył pragnieniem”. Nasze modlitwy również nie zawsze są od razu wysłuchane. My też mamy „żyć pragnieniem”. Przypomnij sobie słowa T. S. Elliota: „Lecz wiara, nadzieja i miłość – wszystkie są w oczekiwaniu.” (T. S. Eliot: East Cooker)
- Przeciwnicy Jezusa krytykują człowieka, który został uzdrowiony za to, że dźwigał swoje nosze w szabat. Wykorzystują go, aby uderzyć w Jezusa, którego – według słów Jana – teraz zaczęli prześladować. Myślimy zwykle o dobroci i uprzejmości jako o czymś pociągającym. Jednak tutaj akt współczucia ze strony Jezusa wywołuje wrogość. Dlaczego tak się dzieje? Czy w swoim doświadczeniu zdarzyło ci się zobaczyć, jak czyjaś dobroć wywołuje w odpowiedzi zło?
Kilka myśli na temat dzisiejszego fragmentu Pisma Świętego
InactiveDefault- I can wait all my life for the stirring of the water. How safe it is not to see, not to have to move! No one can blame me for my inaction, because there’s nobody to lift me. When Jesus asks “Do you want to be healed?” I don’t really answer the question. I am not sure. If I were healed I would have to move on from the familiar place in which I have been lying all these years. God, stir my heart!
- The man by the pool is waiting for healing from the stirring of the waters. He does not know that Jesus, source of all healing, is standing beside him. Do I look for healing in the wrong places?
Kilka myśli na temat dzisiejszego fragmentu Pisma Świętego
InactiveDefault- I take my place at the pool with the other invalids. One day Jesus comes by and talks to me, as if he had all the time in the world just for me. What goes on in me when he asks me if I want to be made well? What happens next?
- Many people reject God because the god they have learnt about is a tyrant who interferes with their freedom. But the Good News is all about setting us free. This story illustrates that dramatically. When God touches our hearts, we become truly free. Then we can live by love and enjoy the fullness of life.
Kilka myśli na temat dzisiejszego fragmentu Pisma Świętego
InactiveDefault- Jesus asks the crippled man a curious question: /Do you want to be healed? / Surely that was obvious: the man had been lying there a long time, but had always lost out in the scramble to the healing water. But the question makes sense. A cure would not just restore his limbs to health. It would change his life and push him back into normality. When you recover from a long sickness, it can be hard to adjust to normal responsibilities and the demands that life makes on the healthy. For some people sickness becomes a way of life, and they find it hard to face a change of career.
- Save me, Lord, from making excuses for myself, from pleading special circumstances. The best part of me does want to be healthy, and to take on all that you may ask of me. I do want to be healed.
- Again, healing is in the air. Near the temple Jesus meets people sick for a long time. They are the poor and the lame - the ones that the Temple did not want. They just waited at the springs near the temple, and maybe this man, ill for thirty eight years, had given up. This often happens when we feel we cannot change or even ask the Lord to help us change. Nobody is ever unchangeable for Jesus. He has an immense respect for each of us, and believes we can always grow in freedom and in faith. Prayer helps us be free, and to live in the freedom of the love and healing of the Lord.
- Memories come back at prayer - hurts that happened years ago, griefs, losses and bereavements, all the turmoil of the heart. This is just human, and we're like the man of the thirty-eight years at the pool of Bethesda. All Jesus wants to know is if we want to take a step forward and his healing grace and love will lead us, so that we walk through life that little bit freer.
- It was evident to Jesus that the man had been beside the pool for a long time; he must have looked as if he was settled in, familiar with the place. As Jesus looks at me, he may see that I am comfortable - even in the limits about which I complain. Do I have the courage to ask Jesus to heal me?
- I pray with compassion for all who believe themselves to be incurable or irredeemable.
Kilka myśli na temat dzisiejszego fragmentu Pisma Świętego
InactiveDefault- Jesus asks the crippled man a curious question: /Do you want to be healed? / Surely that was obvious: the man had been lying there a long time, but had always lost out in the scramble to the healing water. But the question makes sense. A cure would not just restore his limbs to health. It would change his life and push him back into normality. When you recover from a long sickness, it can be hard to adjust to normal responsibilities and the demands that life makes on the healthy. For some people sickness becomes a way of life, and they find it hard to face a change of career.
- Save me, Lord, from making excuses for myself, from pleading special circumstances. The best part of me does want to be healthy, and to take on all that you may ask of me. I do want to be healed.
- Again, healing is in the air. Near the temple Jesus meets people sick for a long time. They are the poor and the lame - the ones that the Temple did not want. They just waited at the springs near the temple, and maybe this man, ill for thirty eight years, had given up. This often happens when we feel we cannot change or even ask the Lord to help us change. Nobody is ever unchangeable for Jesus. He has an immense respect for each of us, and believes we can always grow in freedom and in faith. Prayer helps us be free, and to live in the freedom of the love and healing of the Lord.
- Memories come back at prayer - hurts that happened years ago, griefs, losses and bereavements, all the turmoil of the heart. This is just human, and we're like the man of the thirty-eight years at the pool of Bethesda. All Jesus wants to know is if we want to take a step forward and his healing grace and love will lead us, so that we walk through life that little bit freer.
- It was evident to Jesus that the man had been beside the pool for a long time; he must have looked as if he was settled in, familiar with the place. As Jesus looks at me, he may see that I am comfortable - even in the limits about which I complain. Do I have the courage to ask Jesus to heal me?
- I pray with compassion for all who believe themselves to be incurable or irredeemable.
Kilka myśli na temat dzisiejszego fragmentu Pisma Świętego
InactiveDefault- Jesus asks the crippled man a curious question: /Do you want to be healed? / Surely that was obvious: the man had been lying there a long time, but had always lost out in the scramble to the healing water. But the question makes sense. A cure would not just restore his limbs to health. It would change his life and push him back into normality. When you recover from a long sickness, it can be hard to adjust to normal responsibilities and the demands that life makes on the healthy. For some people sickness becomes a way of life, and they find it hard to face a change of career.
- Save me, Lord, from making excuses for myself, from pleading special circumstances. The best part of me does want to be healthy, and to take on all that you may ask of me. I do want to be healed.
- Again, healing is in the air. Near the temple Jesus meets people sick for a long time. They are the poor and the lame - the ones that the Temple did not want. They just waited at the springs near the temple, and maybe this man, ill for thirty eight years, had given up. This often happens when we feel we cannot change or even ask the Lord to help us change. Nobody is ever unchangeable for Jesus. He has an immense respect for each of us, and believes we can always grow in freedom and in faith. Prayer helps us be free, and to live in the freedom of the love and healing of the Lord.
- Memories come back at prayer - hurts that happened years ago, griefs, losses and bereavements, all the turmoil of the heart. This is just human, and we're like the man of the thirty-eight years at the pool of Bethesda. All Jesus wants to know is if we want to take a step forward and his healing grace and love will lead us, so that we walk through life that little bit freer.
- It was evident to Jesus that the man had been beside the pool for a long time; he must have looked as if he was settled in, familiar with the place. As Jesus looks at me, he may see that I am comfortable - even in the limits about which I complain. Do I have the courage to ask Jesus to heal me?
- I pray with compassion for all who believe themselves to be incurable or irredeemable.
Kilka myśli na temat dzisiejszego fragmentu Pisma Świętego
InactiveDefault- Jesus asks the crippled man a curious question: /Do you want to be healed? / Surely that was obvious: the man had been lying there a long time, but had always lost out in the scramble to the healing water. But the question makes sense. A cure would not just restore his limbs to health. It would change his life and push him back into normality. When you recover from a long sickness, it can be hard to adjust to normal responsibilities and the demands that life makes on the healthy. For some people sickness becomes a way of life, and they find it hard to face a change of career.
- Save me, Lord, from making excuses for myself, from pleading special circumstances. The best part of me does want to be healthy, and to take on all that you may ask of me. I do want to be healed.
- Again, healing is in the air. Near the temple Jesus meets people sick for a long time. They are the poor and the lame - the ones that the Temple did not want. They just waited at the springs near the temple, and maybe this man, ill for thirty eight years, had given up. This often happens when we feel we cannot change or even ask the Lord to help us change. Nobody is ever unchangeable for Jesus. He has an immense respect for each of us, and believes we can always grow in freedom and in faith. Prayer helps us be free, and to live in the freedom of the love and healing of the Lord.
- Memories come back at prayer - hurts that happened years ago, griefs, losses and bereavements, all the turmoil of the heart. This is just human, and we're like the man of the thirty-eight years at the pool of Bethesda. All Jesus wants to know is if we want to take a step forward and his healing grace and love will lead us, so that we walk through life that little bit freer.
- It was evident to Jesus that the man had been beside the pool for a long time; he must have looked as if he was settled in, familiar with the place. As Jesus looks at me, he may see that I am comfortable - even in the limits about which I complain. Do I have the courage to ask Jesus to heal me?
- I pray with compassion for all who believe themselves to be incurable or irredeemable.