31 Aug, Wednesday of Week 22

The Winding Road To Heaven

Today’s texts suggest the long process of growth with its ups and downs, before reaching “the hope held in store for you in heaven.”

Arriving at Simon Peter’s home, Jesus learns that the apostle’s mother-in-law is “in the grip of a severe fever.” We note of the sequence of events. The story, in being told over and over again, has been reduced to its bare