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"Do you want to be well?" (John 5:6). How blessed was that sick man at the Sheep Gate pool called Bethesda or "house of mercy": like him, we all want to be well and healed of our ailments not only in body but also in mind, heart, and soul; but, alas, nobody would help us.
Thank you dear Jesus in passing by, in coming to our lives daily to heal us, to wash us of our sins; help us to not sin anymore, to match our physical wholeness with spiritual wholeness.
"Do you want to be well?" (John 5:6). Yes, dear Jesus! Have mercy on us, poor sinners; heal us and make us well from our blindness that prevent us from seeing you and from recognizing you as our Savior.
"Do you want to be well?" (John 5:6). Yes, dear Jesus, we want to be well and healed from our paralysis that prevent us from following you, from doing your work and from leading others to you, the only way, truth, and life in this world.
Let us remain in you, dear Jesus; like the prophet Ezekiel, may we realize that for as long as we are with you like the plants and trees by the side of the river, we shall always be fully alive, bearing fruits, even abloom despite the drought and summer. Amen.
