+ One of the chief characteristics 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!
Later in the passage, 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 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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