Miracles of Christ: In Particular

It was fitting that our Lord should cast out demons or devils by a miracle. Miracles are arguments for the faith which Christ brought to men; He rightly released, by the miracle of expellingevil spirits,persons whose thralldom to demons prevented them from accepting the faith.

Our Lord wrought miracles in the heavenly bodies, as inthe darkening of the sun at the hour of crucifixion (Luke 23:44,45). This was a striking proof of his Godhead, the central truth ofthe faith which his miracles make manifest.

Our Lord showed his divine power and his saving mission to men by his miracles wrought on human beings. Scripture tells(Mark 7:37) how the people welcomed these miracles, and cried out in praise of them: “He hath done all things well; he hath made both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.”

Our Lord worked miracles on irrational earthlycreatures, as when he caused the fig tree to wither away, changed water into wine, made the earth tremble and quake as he died on the cross. All these things were done for man’s benefit. It was right that man should be made aware of our Lord’s divinity by means of miraculous signs of his absolute control over every kindof creature: spirits, heavenly bodies, men, irrational earthlybeings.