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| First Reading: Psalm: Gospel: | Hebrews 12:1-4 Psalm 22:26-28, 30-32 Mark 5:21-43 |
Mark 5: 28 For she said, "If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well."
This is one of the most intriguing stories for me. The reason is that she did not approach Jesus in the normal way. She did not pray to him or ask him personally. Now, I do not know if there was some custom regarding the touching of one's garment, but it is curious to me that she thought to herself all she had to do was to touch his garment and she would be healed. She seems to have thought of this for herself. This causes me to think about the Catholic idea of personal revelation. In other words, while we have a set of traditions and rules that are for us all, God can reserve the right to deal with us personally, either by revealing some thing specifically to us, or responding to our needs in a very unique and personal manner. There are those, that if this were to happen today, would say that it is of the devil. She did not follow the way that "we" think it should be.
It also causes me to think about the idea of sacramentals. That is that God can reveal himself through material objects. We know that the Apostles garments also were the medium for God's miracle power, and here of course we have the garment of Jesus. Jesus said it was her faith that healed her, and I suppose that we need to give this more attention. Maybe we need to think more about our faith. Maybe we have to ask ourselves if we really believe that God can deal with us on a personal level, or even if we believe that he can actually heal us at all. Can our faith make us well?
Father, help me by your Holy Spirit to truly believe that you love me and can deal with me on a personal level, and help me to believe that with you all things are possible.
Amen
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