Chrysostom
Beloved of All
You ask for a miracle of healing for your father, and such love is commendable. The Lord Jesus indeed has power over every sickness, and when He walked the earth, He healed many. Yet consider how often He did not heal at once, or chose not to multiply signs for those who demanded them. Do not think that a visible wonder is the only mark of God's care. Our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob worked no such signs, yet God called them His own. Job endured affliction without a single miracle and was more pleasing to God than if he had been delivered instantly. The greatest miracle is a soul that trusts amid pain, holding fast to the Lord when relief does not come.
Pray earnestly for your father, as the Church prays, and bring his need before the Great Physician. But also prepare your heart to accept whatever the Lord ordains. He who sees the sparrow’s fall knows your father’s suffering and can grant him something greater than bodily healing: a steadfast spirit and an unshakeable hope. If the cancer has not spread, give thanks. If it has, the Lord remains near. The gifts of healings were never given to all, as the Apostle teaches, and we should not grieve if God’s answer is different from our desire. Let your faith be rooted not in signs, but in the love of Christ who suffered for us and rose again. Entrust your father to Him, and pray also for grace to endure, for the power that sustains the soul is far greater than any earthly cure.
Pray earnestly for your father, as the Church prays, and bring his need before the Great Physician. But also prepare your heart to accept whatever the Lord ordains. He who sees the sparrow’s fall knows your father’s suffering and can grant him something greater than bodily healing: a steadfast spirit and an unshakeable hope. If the cancer has not spread, give thanks. If it has, the Lord remains near. The gifts of healings were never given to all, as the Apostle teaches, and we should not grieve if God’s answer is different from our desire. Let your faith be rooted not in signs, but in the love of Christ who suffered for us and rose again. Entrust your father to Him, and pray also for grace to endure, for the power that sustains the soul is far greater than any earthly cure.
