One more case of the contrast between Jesus, who loves life and puts it above all else, and the Jews, clinging to a law that gets lost in details and overlooks the good of the person. Jesus meets that powerless man, who has been there for more than 38 years waiting for someone to immerse him in the pool, to be healed when the water moves: “I have no one to immerse me in the pool”. Faced with those words that reflect the indolence of those who pass by, Jesus is moved and without further ado, he says to that man: “Get up, take your mat and walk”. And the man was healed. Let us allow ourselves to be penetrated by the tenderness and compassion of Jesus in the face of that paralytic, victim not only of illness but of the indolence of those who pass by him. Let us recognize with sorrow that we too are gripped by the indifference of this society in which we live.