Short-term or Long-term Faith?
October 12, 2025 While today’s first reading gives us only a selected portion of the story of Naaman the Syrian starting from where he dips himself in the River Jordan, I have included the e ntire story because it is in the context of the entire story that one gets a feel for what happened , and only then can the story speak to us. Why does Naaman get angry with the prophet Elisha. As the story tells us: “ But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. ” Naaman had come with great hopes of being cured, and he expected that the prophet would do some great miraculous deed and show the power of his God and cure him. But the prophet doesn’t make a big fuss over the issue; doesn’t come out with power and glory; and just sends a message to tell him to have a bath, but in the river Jordan. A real ...
