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 recieve healing from Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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