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Gospel: Four friends of a paralyzed man bring him to Jesus for healing (Mk 2). But there is such a crowd that they must tear off the roof ("unroof the roof" says the Greek). How much they love their friend! And how great their faith is. This is what Jesus notices, according...
...to most NT scholars: not the paralyzed man's faith, but his friends' faith. "When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him, 'Child, your sins are forgiven.'"

How often do our friends carry us to God. Today, why not think of all those people who have done so in your life.
Image: "The Paralyzed Man Let Down through the Roof" ("Le paralytique descendu du toit"), by James Tissot.
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