Lord i am not worthy that you should enter under my roof but only say the word and my soul shall be healed this response calls to mind the words that were spoken by the roman centurion to jesus when he begged the lord to heal his sick servant in matthew 8.
You should enter under my roof.
Needless to say the words at the end of the eucharistic prayer lord i am not worthy that you should enter under my roof.
Rather than focusing on how god was to enter under my roof as this prayer expresses i felt unworthy to be under his roof for this was the first home of jesus on earth.
But just give a command and my servant will be healed.
And yeshua was going with them and when he was not very far from the house the centurion sent his friends and he said to him my lord you should not trouble yourself for i am not worthy that you should enter under my roof god s word translation jesus went with them.
New american standard 1977.
Yet these words are prayed by catholics every liturgy before receiving communion.
Lord i am not worthy that you should enter under my roof but only say the word and my soul shall be healed the refrain christ has died christ is risen christ will come again has.