But beyond healing, God desires for us to have faith in Him.
Amazingly, Naaman travels from a foreign country to be healed. After frustration that the prophet Elisha doesn't do something wondrous to heal him, he bathes in the Jordan River and is healed. He then praises the name of God and pledges wholehearted devotion to God alone in worship for all his days.
Similarly, while Jesus heals a group of ten people ailing with leprosy miraculously, a Samaritan in the group is the only one who returns to Jesus with thanksgiving, praise, and glorification of God. That's why Jesus commends Him for faith that has saved Him.
Like St. Paul writes, God is always faithful, even when we're not and even when we deny Him. In response to such great faithfulness, let's keep striving to acknowledge Him, and not cast ourselves away by denying Him. Let's strive to proclaim the saving power of God, Who has triumphed over all that ails humanity so that, beyond physical healing, all can experience God's salvation.
As we reach the Feast of St. Carlo Acutis for the first time since his canonization, we are reminded of his devotion to faith and his zeal to share it with others, an example for us all.
