[Wisdom 1:13-15, 2:23-24] [Psalm 30:2] [2
Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15] [+ Mark
5:21-43]
[_01_] A
woman in the Gospel struggles – yet succeeds – in locating our Lord and Savior
in the crowd.
With serious and long standing
illness, this woman – unidentified – has been living, enduring, but also
persevering.
She persists. She perseveres.
In a spiritual sense, she is quite healthy. (synonym for health / healthy?)
But, she also is currently
alone and possibly abandoned by family and friends. In this regard, this woman is different from
the young girl – daughter of Jairus who is healed by Jesus.
The girl enjoys the benefits of
family friends, a parent, a father who goes out seeking help for her. The girl
can rest at home, privately, safely.
Jesus locates the girl.
The woman, on the other hand,
must calculate a route on her own to find the Lord.
[_02_] Would I
not prefer, would you not prefer that the Lord make a house call?
That is, he makes a house call
to the home of the child of Jairus.
We are also his children. Will
he not make a house call to find us?
Jesus is everywhere. He should
be able to find the address.
[_03_] But, are we also actively seeking him? Do we know where to find him?
In another earlier Gospel, the
young Jesus says to Mary and Joseph his parents who are hunt him down in the
Temple, “why were you looking for me, did you not know that I would be in my
Father’s house and about about my Father’s business?”
In other words, don’t just look
anywhere.. you will always find me in my Temple, in my Church….
This is true. This is a reason
we come to Sunday Mass, knowing we will find Jesus here.
On the other hand, Mary and
Joseph will also take Jesus home. He does not remain in the Temple only.
[_04_] This
Gospel reminds us to persevere, to present ourselves to the Lord not only in
private but also in public.
We do this in our friendships,
in our conversation.
We present ourselves to the
Lord by our choices between what is good/evil, right and wrong.
Sometimes, in the crowd – or
among friends – we may experience to go along or just to get
along.
We may want to make others
happy by saying YES, even if we know this is against our conscience, even if we
know something is wrong.
In this regard, it is hard to
find Jesus in the crowd.
However, it remains possible
and it remains part of our spiritual well being and health.
Jesus wants also to know, he
asks … who touched me?
He wants to know if you and I
are also touching /in touch with him.
[_fin_]
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