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Bringing People to Jesus: Family Reflection Video

By: Father David Marcham on January 12th, 2018

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Bringing People to Jesus: Family Reflection Video

Healing the family

Wouldn’t it be great if we could bring a struggling friend or family member directly to Jesus to be healed?

Jesus has the authority to heal anything in our lives: the physical, the emotional and the spiritual. In today’s Gospel story - The Healing of the Paralytic - we are reminded to look around and pray for the ability to bring others to Jesus. It may be obvious when our loved ones are physically challenged but more often than not, they may be experiencing an emotional or spiritual paralysis that needs healing.

Do you know of a friend or family member who needs to be healed in some way? What kind of healing do they need – physical, emotional or spiritual? In your prayers, ask Jesus to heal them.

My brothers and sisters in Christ, let us pray for the words and strength to bring struggling friends and family members to Jesus for whatever healing they may need.

About Father David Marcham

Father David S. Marcham is a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston and serves as Vice Postulator and Guild Director of the Cause for Canonization of Venerable Patrick Peyton. Before entering St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts, he worked for eleven years as a physical therapist in Boston-area hospitals. Ordained in 2005, Father David was assigned to St. Mary Parish in Franklin, Massachusetts. His involvement in Father Peyton’s Cause began in 2007, when he assisted Father George Lucas, C.S.C., in advancing the Cause for Canonization. Appointed Vice Postulator in 2009, Father David oversees the progress of the Cause, directs the Guild, and promotes devotion to Father Peyton’s legacy of family prayer.