+ One of the chief characteristic of Jesus’ personality was his
compassion, and willingness to help wherever he could. As
divine Son of God he had a lot of resources that other people in helping
professions did not have; as Son of Man he had familiarity with the human
condition and was able to know in a precise way what was truly important to
people and what wasn’t. Today we see him in two health related issues: the
first a woman whose faith was able to release Jesus’ healing power in an
indirect way: she merely said to herself “If I can only touch the tassel of his
cloak I will be cured of my condition” and because she said this as a result of
faith and trust in him, Jesus did not take the healing back, as it was already
accomplished, but he reassured her that she was in fact healed by him, and that
it was her faith that was the cause! Our faith can release Jesus’ healing power
too – we can spiritually but really touch
the tassel of his cloak anytime we want – by prayer, by meditation, by an
act of faith and trust!
The raising of the dead girl
is also a manifestation of what Jesus can do! He has supreme power over nature.
Perhaps the child was not really dead but rather in a deep coma; but maybe she
really was dead; in any case Jesus once again demonstrates the power of God to
make itself known in the realm of nature! What is more important for us is the raising of spiritual death that can come
upon us: through our own sinfulness. This physical healing can also reflect
Jesus power over spiritual healing! May we be thus healed today of any
spiritual illness that we have – so that we can sing God’s praises and give him
glory by the works of charity and human helpfulness that we accomplish with his
help!
Our
Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death and brought life to light through the
Gospel.
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