Gospel:
Matthew 9:18-26
While
Jesus was speaking, an official came forward, knelt down before him, and said,
“My daughter has just died. But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his disciples. A woman suffering
hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel on his
cloak. She said to herself, “If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured.”
Jesus turned around and saw her, and said, “Courage, daughter! Your faith has
saved you.” And from that hour the woman was cured.
When
Jesus arrived at the official’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd
who were making a commotion, he said, “Go away! The girl is not dead but
sleeping.” And they ridiculed him. When the crowd was put out, he came and took
her by the hand, and the little girl arose. And news of this spread throughout
all that land.
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Reflection:
Do you
have a prayer for Jesus? Don’t worry for as long as you have faith your prayer
will be realized. Why is it that we don’t usually get what we wish for from
Jesus? Because we doubt, and we don’t
work for what we want from HIM.
Some of
us would pray but there’s no conviction in our prayers we just pray for the
sake of praying. The most powerful prayer is when we pray with conviction and
we pray without any sign of doubt in our hearts. And the moment we pray without
any doubts we could expect something in return from Jesus for Jesus is a
gracious and merciful God.
We have
two stories of prayers with actions and faith in our gospel. Both the man and
the woman had prayer request for Jesus and both of them were granted by Jesus
for it was prayers with faith and actions.
Let us
therefore always go to Jesus, in good times and in bad, even if we are not in
need of HIM let us still go to HIM. This is for the reason that the more we get
in touch with Jesus the more that our intimacy and faith in HIM are strengthened.
How are
we going to get intimate with Jesus? We regularly read HIS life story in the
Bible, we ensure our regular presence at Holy Mass and we regularly visit HIM
in the Adoration chapel.
Are you
taking action to deepen your intimacy with Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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