This is VLX number 109. Jesus heals a boy with a demon. This is Matthew

17, verses 14 through 21. VLX stands for Video Lexio Divina, the only patristic Bible study

and Ignatian prayer series online. God give you his peace. And I'm apache, Sifidi, it's

bidi to santi, amen.

God, our Lord, we ask the grace that all of our intentions, actions, and operations be directed purely to the service and praise of your divine majesty.

And Omipatri, Safidi, it's spiriti, amen.

And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him, and kneeling before him, said,

Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures, and he suffers terribly.

For often he falls into the fire and often into the water,

and I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.

And Jesus answered, O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you?

How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.

And Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him. And the boy was healed instantly.

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said,

why could we not cast it out?

He said to them, because of your little faith.

For truly I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed,

you will say to this mountain, move from here to there, and it will move,

and nothing will be impossible for you. But this kind never comes out except by prayer and fasting.

Thus are the words of the Holy Gospel. Okay, real quick plug for my friend's book. Father Jeffrey

Jean-Bone wrote a book called Ignatian Meditations.

And he's actually a lot better than me at these Ignatian meditations. He has a whole series on

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