Gospel: Mark
5:21-43
When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to
the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the
sea. One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward. Seeing him he
fell at his feet and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, “My daughter is at the
point of death. Please, come lay your hands on her that she may get well and
live. He went off with him and a large crowd followed him.
There was a woman afflicted with
hemorrhages for twelve years. She had suffered greatly at the hands of many
doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet she was not helped but only grew
worse. She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and
touched his cloak. She said, “If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured.” Immediately
her flow of blood dried up. She felt in her body that she was healed of her
affliction. Jesus, aware at once that power had gone out from him, turned
around in the crowd and asked, “Who has touched my clothes?”
But his disciples said to him, “You see how
the crowd is pressing upon you, and yet you ask, Who touched me?” And he looked
around to see who had done it. The woman, realizing what had happened to her, approached
in fear and trembling. She fell down before Jesus and told him the whole truth.
He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured
of your affliction.”
While he was still speaking, people from
the synagogue official’s house arrived and said, “Your daughter has died; why
trouble the teacher any longer?” Disregarding the message that was reported, Jesus
said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid; just have faith.” He did not
allow anyone to accompany him inside except Peter, James, and John, the brother
of James. When they arrived at the house of the synagogue official, he caught
sight of a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. So he went in and said
to them, “Why this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.” And
they ridiculed him. Then he put them all out. He took along the child’s father
and mother and those who were with him and entered the room where the child
was. He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum,” which
means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise!” The girl, a child of twelve, arose
immediately and walked around. At that they were utterly astounded. He gave
strict orders that no one should know this and said that she should be given something
to eat.
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Reflection:
Do you have a prayer before Jesus? Pray for it never give up and continue to badger Jesus with your prayer.
For this is the secret for you to have what you wish for from Jesus. Everything
should start with faith and once we start our interaction with Jesus with faith.
everything will simply fall into place including what we wish for from Jesus.
But how can we grow in faith? We should
humbly ask Jesus to give us the gift of faith not only that we ask Jesus for
the gift of faith. We also should reach out to Jesus through our prayers, our
presence at Holy Mass and by reading the most precious book of all books which
is the Holy bible.
The woman in our gospel has been bleeding
for twelve long years she went to anyone who could cure her to no avail. Then
she heard about this healer named Jesus and from thereon she started to have
faith in Jesus. And her faith impelled her to reach out to Jesus she even said
to herself, If only I could touch a portion of His clothes I would be healed.
All of us have heard about Jesus but not
all of us are praying for this gift of faith. Not all of us are constantly
reaching out to Jesus by means of our prayers and pious presence at Holy Mass.
Not all of us have a habit of reading and reflecting on the words of Jesus in
the bible.
Some of us may even say, I’m very busy I
have no more time to do these acts of faith. How then can we grow in faith? How
then can we be friends with Jesus? How then can we have healing from Jesus? –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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