Reflection for Monday February 6, Memorial of Sts. Pedro Bautista, Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs: Mark 6:53-56

Gospel: Mark 6:53-56

After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him.                  

They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed.

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Reflection:

Why do we pray to Jesus? Perhaps we pray because we want something from the Lord and we want to offer all our cares and worries to Him. 

In our gospel, people went to Him upon learning that Jesus was within their environment. They brought along their sick and possibly all of the problems that they’ve been keeping in their hearts. They wanted healing for their body and soul and Jesus did not disappoint them. 

Whenever we go to Jesus and we ask Him for something let us always expect that He will grant us what we want from Him. Physical healing, emotional healing, and any other healings that we want Him to grant us. If we believe that Jesus has already healed us then we are healed already! We have nothing to worry anymore; it’s all in our state of mind. 

But how about those who pray to Jesus for physical healing but are not healed? Yes, there are countless instances that we pray yet we don’t receive physical healing. Physical healing is only a minute/tiny part of the healing process that we receive from Jesus. What we have to always recognize and be thankful for is the emotional and spiritual healing that He generously gives us without fail whenever we go to Him. 

If we are not healed physically we need not worry! The faith that we have in our heart is more than enough for us to pull us through whatever worries and sickness that we may have. Let us Simply believe and have faith because Jesus will take control of the rest. – Marino J. Dasmarinas