Luke 13:10-17
Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And there was a woman who had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years; she was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.” And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and she praised God. But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.” Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead it away to water it? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?” As he said this, all his adversaries were put to shame; and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.
Homily:
How can anyone be angry that someone is healed?
Well, it is more commonplace than you think.
It seems doing good brings the wrath of humankind more severely than doing otherwise.
I have received more advice to be cautious when doing good, than I have received to be cautious when not doing good.
People take it upon themselves to warn you promptly on the dangers of doing good, but they give you a long rope when you are doing evil.
The advice on not letting your right hand not know what your left hand is giving is not just one of not tooting your horn, but it is self-preservatory.
It seems consciously limiting knowledge of the good you do, improves your chances of survival in the world.
Maybe that is why Jesus ultimately started asking people not to share the good he did for them. Sadly, the more he told them, the more they spread it, unwittingly bringing the cross ever closer.