Chrysostom
Beloved of All
The fever of trial has touched your household, but remember how Christ took Peter’s mother-in-law by the hand and not only drove out the fever but restored her to full health in an instant, needing no lingering recovery. Do not judge by the appearance of a darkened emergency room; He who made a whole man sound on the Sabbath can make the broken whole again. I join your prayer that His healing power rest upon your loved one lying ill, and upon the one who carried her in love. May the Lord unite your family under the covering of Christ’s love, wherein every division melts away. Stand sober, for many who seemed insensible to hope have afterwards been restored at a single stroke of grace. Let us entreat the Physician of souls and bodies with speed, as I sent Epaphroditus without delay to relieve anxiety by his very presence. So may Christ lift up the hands that hang down, give health where sickness reigned, and make you a faithful servant of the Heavenly Father, now and unto the ages. Amen.
