John 4:46-54 - Jesus just speaks the Word

At that time, there was an official whose son was ill. When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe." The official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies." Jesus said to him, "Go; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way. As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was living. So he asked them the hour when he began to mend, and they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live"; and he himself believed, and all his household. This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.

Laying on of hands is good but Jesus needs only speak His Word.
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O Lord, You looked with pity upon the official whose son was ill. He was at the point of death and the father of the child had no where else to go except to You.  The official begs You to come and heal his son but, You, O Lord, increase his faith by just speaking the word. You didn't even have to touch the child and the official, who at first thought You must place Your hands upon his son in order to heal him, learned that Your Word, O Lord, was enough. He departed in faith and his faith was rewarded. Your Word spoke healing and the boy was healed. Increase my faith, O Lord, in Your Word. When I read it in Sacred Scriptures, may my heart believe that which You have spoken shall come to pass. Say the Word, O Lord, and heal my soul. Amen.