Look Up

 

Today, the pandemic is people's worst nightmare.  I was reading about St. Vincent Ferrer.  His times not only had a pandemic but also a papal schism--there were two popes at the same time.  Think of it.  Not only were the people physically sick, but also spiritually.  What would you think?

I think the people had every right to complain to God, but they didn't because they weren't praying.  They were so consumed with their personal problems that they forgot about praying to God.  Since they forgot about God, so did their behavior.  The people were living in sin.

When this happened to Moses in the desert, Numbers 21: 4-9, God healed the people by having Moses make statues of snakes and hold them up on a pole.  When the people looked up they were healed and thanked God.

St. Vincent Ferrer had the people look up at Jesus on the cross and they were healed.

It wasn't the snake statues, nor the presence of a Dominican preacher that healed the people.  It was their belief that God could heal them.  People will die in their sins if they reject God because they are rejecting the only way to be rescued from sin.  So look up to Jesus on the cross.  Look what He did for you.