When people came to Him like the centurion, and received His words, they already entered into a healing process for themselves and those around them. A genuine loving word inspires and encourages us on our journey through life, but harsh or judgmental words alienate and destroy, for Jesus spoke words of grace, love and forgiveness. It is through words that we affect each otherвЂ™s feelings, thinking and actions. Words have power because they can disclose truth and lastly words have power because they can change lives. Through Holy Scripture, we know GodвЂ™s will and plan for us, but the supreme expression of GodвЂ™s communication to humanity is Jesus Christ, the incarnate Word of God, on whom we anchor our personal relationship with God.

Words have power because they have meaning: GodвЂ™s Word communicates GodвЂ™s thoughts, His will or purposes for men and women. The Lord responded by saying, вЂњnot even in Israel have I found such faithвЂ¦ be it done for you as you have believedвЂќ (Matthew 8:10-13) and the servant was healed at that very moment. Jesus Christ, was not only the bearer and messenger of GodвЂ™s mighty Word, but the very Word of God incarnate, having the power to command the waves, cast out demons, raise the dead and heal the sick.ДЇrom our Gospel Lesson we hear the words of the centurion who entreats Christ to heal his servant, who is ill, not by coming to his house but by simply His Word, which the centurion believes earnestly the Lord can do. Matthew 8:5-13 concerning JesusвЂ™s encounter with the centurion as he entered Capernaum.

On this Sunday we read the Gospel from St.

Faith of the centurion