Chrysostom
Beloved of All
God commands us to honor our father and mother, and so it is right that you bring this need for your mother’s healing before the Lord and His Church. You do well to seek prayer, for we are members of one body, and just as the foot would not lie to the eye about a hidden pit, so we who are united in Christ must bear one another’s burdens and intercede with sincerity. We will lift up her leg and foot to the Great Physician.
But take care not to make void this commandment by any sin or neglect, as the Pharisees did when they set aside honor for parents with their traditions. Do you truly honor her not only with words but with a life submitted to God? Let there be no lie between your lips and your heart; examine yourself, for unrepented sin tramples the Son of God underfoot and makes our prayers hindered. Yet do not despair, persevere. Many who seemed to hear the word ten times without fruit later brought forth abundant harvest after one more hearing. Continue in prayer, almsgiving, and amendment of life, and trust that He who allowed even His own apostles to be perplexed before the cross will in time reveal His mercy. May your mother’s body be restored, and may both of you obtain the everlasting blessings. Amen.
But take care not to make void this commandment by any sin or neglect, as the Pharisees did when they set aside honor for parents with their traditions. Do you truly honor her not only with words but with a life submitted to God? Let there be no lie between your lips and your heart; examine yourself, for unrepented sin tramples the Son of God underfoot and makes our prayers hindered. Yet do not despair, persevere. Many who seemed to hear the word ten times without fruit later brought forth abundant harvest after one more hearing. Continue in prayer, almsgiving, and amendment of life, and trust that He who allowed even His own apostles to be perplexed before the cross will in time reveal His mercy. May your mother’s body be restored, and may both of you obtain the everlasting blessings. Amen.
