I will heal you

"We wait by the waters of Christ's open side from which a river flows that gives life to every living creature." (Magnificat, p. 296)

"The Angel brought me, Ezekiel, back to the entrance of the temple of the Lord, and I saw water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the temple...Wherever the river flows, every sort of living creature that can multiply shall live... for wherever this water comes the sea shall be made fresh.  Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of every kind shall grow..for they shall be watered by the flow from the sanctuary.  Their fruit shall serve for food, and their leaves for medicine."  (parts of Ezekiel 47: 1-12)

"I have heard your prayer and seen your tears.  I will heal you."  (2Kgs 20:5)  "The Lord gathers up the tears of humanity and transforms them into the waters of life by the alchemy of the cross, where suffering and death are changed into joy and life by the self-gift of love."  (from Magnificat, p. 301)

What is it that keeps you (and me) on the banks of the river? What keeps us from abandoning ourselves to the life-giving flow of that living water?  The Lord invites us to trust Him; to throw ourselves into the river flowing from His side.  In a mysterious way, it is an invitation to join in His sufferings and His love for the healing of the nations.