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Tobit 3:16-17
New Catholic Bible
Tobit 3:16-17
New Catholic Bible
16 An Answer to Prayer.[a]At that very moment the prayer of both these petitioners was heard in the glorious presence of God, 17 and Raphael[b] was sent to heal them both. He was to remove the white patches from Tobit’s eyes so that he might once again behold God’s light with his own eyes, and he was to give Sarah, the daughter of Raguel, in marriage to Tobiah, son of Tobit, and then free her from the wicked demon Asmodeus. For Tobiah had the right to claim her in marriage before any other suitor.
At the very moment that Tobit returned from the courtyard to his house, Sarah, the daughter of Raguel, descended from her upper room.
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- Tobit 3:16 Is the cry of the righteous who are afflicted heard by God? The author lets us in on the secret: God is neither indifferent nor absent; his Providence disposes everything for the good of those who love him. Through the intermediary of an angel, Raphael—that is, “God heals”—his Providence intervenes in favor of his two suffering children.
- Tobit 3:17 Raphael: an angel, whose name means “God heals.”
