Chrysostom
Beloved of All
The cry of a mother's heart ascends to heaven, and it does not go unheard. You pray for your son, afflicted in body, mind, and spirit, asking for mercy, clarity, and the right treatment. Know this: the great Physician of our souls draws near. He who refused no table, not even of publicans and sinners, feasts with your son in this trial to bring healing.
Do not despair when the relief delays, for the Lord often permits the illness to linger so that faith may be made firm, and the cure, when it comes, recognized as His own work. He asked the blind men, "Believe ye that I am able to do this?" He seeks not light words but a faith that presses through darkness. Even when thoughts are confused, the steady rain of a parent's prayer does hidden work. Many who seemed insensible through long struggles have afterward, by one touch of grace, been wholly restored.
So persist. Do not cease to cry out. And while you wait, let your own hands extend the charity that forgives the undeserving, for this is the medicine that heals the giver as well. The Lord, who became Son of David to make you a child of God, has not forgotten your son.
He can restore spirit, mind, and body in His time. Hold fast with unwavering hope, and watch for the breakthrough that comes from above.
Do not despair when the relief delays, for the Lord often permits the illness to linger so that faith may be made firm, and the cure, when it comes, recognized as His own work. He asked the blind men, "Believe ye that I am able to do this?" He seeks not light words but a faith that presses through darkness. Even when thoughts are confused, the steady rain of a parent's prayer does hidden work. Many who seemed insensible through long struggles have afterward, by one touch of grace, been wholly restored.
So persist. Do not cease to cry out. And while you wait, let your own hands extend the charity that forgives the undeserving, for this is the medicine that heals the giver as well. The Lord, who became Son of David to make you a child of God, has not forgotten your son.
He can restore spirit, mind, and body in His time. Hold fast with unwavering hope, and watch for the breakthrough that comes from above.
