This phrase is uttered by a Roman centurion (Matt. 8:8) who
approaches Jesus and asks Him to heal his servant. The centurion, a sinful man
who was outside of the Jewish Covenant, knows that he is not worthy for Jesus
to come under his roof to heal his servant but has great confidence in the
power of Jesus. Jesus replies, ‘In no one in Israel have I found such faith.’
We too are unworthy for Jesus to enter under our ‘roof’ but pray that we may
have similarly heroic faith as we pray with the centurion. When we ask that our “soul” might be healed,
we are recognizing that this healing must take place not in our ego (“I”), but
in the very core of our being.
(Information in this post was compiled by Fr. Pat, Jonathan, and Suzanne.)
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