THE POWER OF TOUCH
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mk 5:21-43
Touch is very important for us, humans. Atoms collide. Plants are grafted. Animals bump into each other. But only humans touch. Because we touch, we connect with one another in a way that only humans do. Our touch is an expression of emotions, a proof of relationships, an agent of communication, a channel of grace.
People were touching Jesus, the Gospel tells us. Yet in the midst of a crowd Jesus took notice of one touch among so many. Why? Was it because it was a soft touch or a firm one? Was it because it was a familiar touch or an unfamiliar one? Was it because the touch was actually a push or a pull? We can only guess. Yet the Gospel tells us something important. Jesus inquired who touched Him even as He was in the midst of a crowd because He felt that power had gone out of Him. It must, therefore, be a touch so powerful that it caused power to come out of Jesus. Such a touch is the touch of faith.
Because she believed that Jesus could cure her, the woman bleeding for twelve years came behind Jesus. Because she believed so strongly in Jesus, the woman bleeding for twelve years touched the cloak of Jesus, and she was healed. Notice that she touched not Jesus Himself but just His cloak. That woman must have had a tremendous faith.
She had tremendous faith; He had fullness of life. She touched with faith, He with life. She was healed; He brought back a little girl to life. All these by one powerful, faith-filled touch.
Whatever pain you suffer, whatever loss you go through, whatever wounds you endure and whatever sins you are guilty of, reach out to Jesus and touch Him. Yes, even just the end of His cloak or the strap of His sandals. But never touch Him without faith. Touch Jesus by your faith.
In your agony, in your sorrow, in your sufferings, and even in your dying, allow Jesus to touch you. He is reaching out to you. Always with life. Be touched by the life of Jesus.
Have you touched someone lately? Have you been touched by someone lately? Was it a touch of tremendous faith? Was it a touch of the fullness of life? Was it a touch that caused healing power? Was it a touch that healing power caused? Was it a touch that life gave? Was it a touch that gave life?
Mk 5:21-43
Touch is very important for us, humans. Atoms collide. Plants are grafted. Animals bump into each other. But only humans touch. Because we touch, we connect with one another in a way that only humans do. Our touch is an expression of emotions, a proof of relationships, an agent of communication, a channel of grace.
People were touching Jesus, the Gospel tells us. Yet in the midst of a crowd Jesus took notice of one touch among so many. Why? Was it because it was a soft touch or a firm one? Was it because it was a familiar touch or an unfamiliar one? Was it because the touch was actually a push or a pull? We can only guess. Yet the Gospel tells us something important. Jesus inquired who touched Him even as He was in the midst of a crowd because He felt that power had gone out of Him. It must, therefore, be a touch so powerful that it caused power to come out of Jesus. Such a touch is the touch of faith.
Because she believed that Jesus could cure her, the woman bleeding for twelve years came behind Jesus. Because she believed so strongly in Jesus, the woman bleeding for twelve years touched the cloak of Jesus, and she was healed. Notice that she touched not Jesus Himself but just His cloak. That woman must have had a tremendous faith.
She had tremendous faith; He had fullness of life. She touched with faith, He with life. She was healed; He brought back a little girl to life. All these by one powerful, faith-filled touch.
Whatever pain you suffer, whatever loss you go through, whatever wounds you endure and whatever sins you are guilty of, reach out to Jesus and touch Him. Yes, even just the end of His cloak or the strap of His sandals. But never touch Him without faith. Touch Jesus by your faith.
In your agony, in your sorrow, in your sufferings, and even in your dying, allow Jesus to touch you. He is reaching out to you. Always with life. Be touched by the life of Jesus.
Have you touched someone lately? Have you been touched by someone lately? Was it a touch of tremendous faith? Was it a touch of the fullness of life? Was it a touch that caused healing power? Was it a touch that healing power caused? Was it a touch that life gave? Was it a touch that gave life?
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