In today's Gospel reading (Mt 8: 5-11) Jesus simply hears of a suffering person-- who happens to be the servant of a Roman centurion-- and determines that He will go wherever the person is so that He can cure him. It is interesting to note that the centurion does not ask Jesus to do that, The centurion simply puts the situation before Jesus-- the fact that there is a person who is paralyzed and suffering dreadfully-- and trusts that Jesus will do the best thing that can be done under the circumstances. When jesus offers to go to the suffering person, the centurion surprises Jesus, and probably the crowd as well, by telling Jesus that such a trip isn't necessary. The centurion is convinced that Jesus can heal the centurion's servant at a distance, something extraordinary in that time, as it is now, in that healing always seems to require proximity. So there is a double level of trust here. The centurion trusts Jesus to deal with the problem presented, and then trusts that Jesus can do what He says regardless of where the problem is located. I think we often lack that kind of trust. We do more than present a problem to Christ. We present our proposed solution as well. We say: "I have financial problems. Please help me find a better job." Or, "I am sick. Please cure me." Or, "I'm lonly. Please send me a friend." Then when we don't get the solution we are seeking, we're frustrated and disappointed. Why doesn't Jesus give us what we're seeking, we ask ourselves. Perhaps the reason is that, while Jesus is perfectly aware of the problem we're facing, His solution isn't the one we're seeking. Maybe the solution is one we've never even imagined. Maybe the problem exists for some reason which we're not going to understand, so it is allowed to continue. Jesus doesn't always immediately say: "I will come and cure him." Note Jesus' behavior when He heard that Lazarus was sick. He delayed for several days. All we can control is our mental decision to trust in the Lord. We can make up our minds to be like the centurion and simply in trust put the problem in Jesus' hands. After that, things are out of our control-- and that's undoubtedly for the best.