In this day and age, it’s taken for granted that miracles do not happen, that prayer is futile. Even among the faithful, when we talk of prayer, emphasis is placed on how prayer changes the petitioner-- not on its effect on the external world.
We have lost the sense that prayer can change things. Even those who say “all we can do is pray about it” treat prayer like it’s the last resort of the hopeless.
In the Gospels, we read of many people who went to Jesus with their deepest desire—that of curing a relative—Jairus’ daughter, and the Centurion’s son, and Peter’s Mother-in-Law.
The petitioners went to Jesus with the full expectation that he could do the job and that he wanted to do it.
And it was done.
The Centurion’s faith was particularly stunning. He knew that all Jesus had to do was say the word, and it would happen. Jesus said to him “Let it be done for you according to your faith.” Mt. 8:13
We must go to Jesus with that same unshakeable faith. We must ask, not as hopeless people ask, thinking that the change we want will never take place, or that our prayer will only be answered in some symbolic sense.
We must ask Jesus to eradicate abortion, as we know he wants to.
We must show him that faith, because he says “let it be done according to your faith.”
Show him faith.
Then we must act on it.
We must dedicate ourselves to fighting injustice against the unborn. No longer should we allow our hearts to be melted by the politics of the day. Jesus asked of his disciples “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Mt. 8:26
Indeed.
Let it be done according to our faith.
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