In today's Gospel, Luke 7: 1-10, we learn of the centurion whose slave is at the point of death. The centurion sends Jewish elders to Jesus, asking that he come to heal his slave whom he valued highly. The elders beg Jesus to respond to the centurion's request because he "deserves to have you do this for him, because he loves our nation and he built a synagogue for us." As Jesus is approaching the centurion's house, the centurion says to him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof. Therefore, I do not consider myself worthy to come to you; but say the word and let my servant be healed. For I, too, am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another 'Come here,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it."
Jesus is absolutely amazed by this man from Rome and heals his slave. He's never met such a person in all of Israel with the faith of this centurion. Would Jesus say this of you, of me? Have you, have I developed the kind of character this centurion has developed?
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