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= **December 1st 2014 Gospel** =

When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him and appealed to him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, suffering dreadfully.” He said to him, “I will come and cure him.” The centurion said in reply, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith. I say to you, many will come from the east and the west, and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet in the Kingdom of heaven.”  **Summary** A centurion asks Jesus to help his servant who is paralyzed and is in deep pain. Jesus said he will go there and heal him. The centurion said that he's not worth to have Jesus in his house but only say the word's and his servant will be healed. The man says, "I am too a man subject to authority. I say to one 'Go and he goes' and to another come here and he comes. And to my slave 'Do this' and he does it." Jesus heard this and said to the followers of him, "Amen, I say to you, no one in Israel have I found such faith. I say to you, many will come all over and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in heaven," They will get to heaven because they have faith.  **Reflection** I believe that in this passage Jesus is trying to get us to be faithful. He doesn't want us to just say you have faith but to actually show and prove we have faith. Faith isn't just wanting Jesus to help us with a sickness it's believing in God and to do things showing we believe in God. He's teaching us that if we have faith we will get to heaven just as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has. This relates to people's every day lives by when the centurion prayed to Jesus for his servant to be healed. If someone is sick now a days without Jesus we will also pray to God or Jesus. We also say that line in church, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed," This relates to what happens in people's everyday lives.   People can live out this Gospel by showing and having faith. We can do things for God and believe in God and his teachings. We need to live this message because having faith will get us into heaven. We need to believe in God and do as what he teaches. We can show faith by going to church every Sunday, praying to God, and being an alter server and doing all the sacraments. It shows people living this message because it gives us faith. It gives us faith because we are doing things for God, such as the sacraments, praying to God, going to church and alter serving for God.    **Prayer** God lead us on the path to being faithful. Lord give us the power to be faithful and to show our faith for you O Lord. God grant us the wish to have as much faith as your followers and to get into heaven with you God. Lord teach us how have faith. God let us on our missions to show our faith and to show others to have faith. For we all want to get into heaven and be with you God. Amen.